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Joe Moran creates a field guide to shyness. Darwin called it an odd state of mind with no obvious benefit to our species. So why is it so pervasive? Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
In a culture where it is good to talk, what place is there for people like King George VI and prime minister Clement Attlee, who are tongue-tied by their shyness? Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Could the origins of art lie in our human capacity for introversion, and our need to make strategic retreats from social life in order to make sense of our experiences? Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
In a New York brownstone in 1965, the first skirmish in the war against shyness began. No longer an ambiguous virtue, it was now a disability it was everyone's duty to overcome. Show more
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'You know what it's like to be allergic to cats, or dust, or pollen... now, imagine that you felt allergic to people.' When does shyness turn pathological? Show more
