Something Understood

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Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: Inside the Institution

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Inside the Institution

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Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives.

From banks and armies to schools and hospitals, Mark Tully explores the impact of the institution. With music from Henry Priestman and readings from screenwriter William Styron.  

Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives. From corporations, banks and armies to schools and hospitals, whatever we think of them, institutions are an enormous part of our lives. So how do they influence us and how should we live with them?
 
In conversation with Professor Simon Wessely, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a leading researcher into mental health in the military, Mark Tully investigates the positive power of institutions as well as the dangers of institutionalisation. 
 
There’s music from Henry Priestland, the Buena Vista Social Club and the Band of the Grenadier Guards and readings ranging from Charlotte Bronte to screenwriter William Styron.
 
The readers are Polly Frame, Peter Marinker and Francis Cadder.
 
 
Producer: Frank Stirling
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