
Rachel Cooke
Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
February 1, 201813m 39s
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Show Notes
Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely:
Rachel Cooke considers the way people eat, what it says about them that is good and bad and amusing. Yet her starting line is unnerving - "the optics of eating are inherently violent." How so?
Producer Duncan Minshull.