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Rachel Cooke

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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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.