In this special extra edition of his Philosophy Monthly, Julian Baggini is chairing a discussion between five shortlisted authors for the 2009 Bristol Festival of Ideas book prize. This £10,000 prize is for the best book of ideas published in Britain in 2008. Taking part are Nick Davies (Flat Earth News), Misha Glenny (McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime), Richard Holmes (The Age of Wonder), Mark Leonard (What Does China Think?) and Sara Maitland (A Book of Silence). Also shortlisted was Susan Faludi (The Terror Dream).
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Episode 3: June 2009
In the latest edition of his philosophy monthly, Julian Baggini goes to a new philosophy festival at Hay-on-Wye, meets Michael Nyman, and debates fine-tuning on Christian radio.
