Start the Week - R4 on Monday 29th Sept

ardcarp

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Start the Week - R4 on Monday 29th Sept

30-09-14, 15:20

Tom Sutcliffe gave us a classic example of how to chair a discussion with 3 highly intelligent, articulate, and totally jargon-free guests.

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Karen Armstrong on War and Religion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04jj3jj

Tom Sutcliffe with Karen Armstrong, Justin Marozzi and Christopher Coker.

Most impressive to me was Justin Marozzi whose book Baghdad, City of Peace, City of Blood really should be read by any Western statesman bent on firing rockets anywhere in the Middle East. Justin, having lived in Baghdad for 10 years puts the lessons of history into perspective. The other guests, with valid views about the philosophy of war (with and without religion) were so well-informed, it almost beggared belief. Very much worth a listen.
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DracoM

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30-09-14, 15:49

Absolutely. Sutcliffe is an excellent chair most of the time. Can trample a bit, but otherwise....And yes, that was an engaging and absorbing programme.
Pity that it is so, so far ahead of so much of the 'speech' fare in R3. How about talks like that as a concert interval? Could be edited and replayed from R4?
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