The Listening Project

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The Listening Project: Taking Cover

Taking Cover

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Fi Glover presents conversations on make-up, dyslexia and student life in pandemic times.

Three conversations on the pros and cons of wearing make-up, the challenges of living with dyslexia, and university life in pandemic times. Fi Glover presents.

Fi Glover presents three conversations between strangers, friends and relatives.

This week strangers Gill and Karen talk through the pros and cons of wearing make-up; Graham and Alan share their experiences of living with dyslexia; and Marisa and Ben reflect on what it was like to be a university student during the pandemic.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

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