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A Point of View: On Being Tall

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On Being Tall

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Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.

As ever-increasing height becomes the norm, Will Self reflects on the downsides of the lofty life.

Will Self says there are distinct downsides to being tall.  

At six foot, four and a half inches, Will ponders the drawbacks of a lofty stature.

'The very ideal of beauty is the small', writes Will, 'so how awful it is to realise that you will never fulfil this artistic ideal with your enormous person which, far from being an artwork, is simply a scale model of gigantism!'   

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher 
Production coordinator: Iona Hammond 
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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