Keeping It Real

KEEPING IT REAL – BBC RADIO FOUR, 1 OCTOBER. Comedy writer Jane Bussmann takes a personal tour round her life choices to ask why we are obsessed with authenticity. Is it a noble cause or another type of status seeking? She’s joined by Giles Coren on the trail of real food, by writer David Boyle on his allotment, by Hugh Barker who turns her ideas about authentic music upside down, and by smart philosophical thinkers Julian Baggini and Andrew Potter who explain some of the origins and the dangers of this contemporary cult. Listen here for a week.