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: A Sense of Failure

A Sense of Failure

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, A Sense of Failure

Writer Ian Sansom considers success and failure.

The writer Ian Sansom reflects upon the sense of failure that can accompany human endeavour.

The author Ian Sansom reflects on why it is that some of the most successful people are haunted by a sense of failure and considers his own experience as a writer - a profession that thrives on failure with literature 'emerging magnificently from error and untruths'.

With reference to the writings of Paul Auster, William James and Wallace Stevens, and music by Leos Janacek, William Shatner and Laura Marling, 

Readers: Adjoa Andoh and Sam Peter Jackson
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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