Thursday 11 April: Radio 3 Nightwaves debate on Thatcher’s cultural legacy, with Edwina Currie, Edith Hall, Will Self and others. You can listen here.
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Nightwaves: working-class life and museums
On 4 April 2013 I appeared on Radio 3’s Nightwaves to discuss whether working-class life is properly represented in Britain’s museums. I argued that the middle-class perspective adopted by museums leads us to equate ideas of ‘quality’ and ‘taste’ with very partial, middle-class ways of seeing the world. You can listen to the programme here
The history of posh
Following Nadine Dorries’ claim that David Cameron and George Osbourne are ‘arrogant posh boys’ I debated the meaning of posh with journalist Toby Young on BBC Radio 3’s Nightwaves. The episode, which was broadcast on 2 May, is available to listen to here
