The middle
Middle - England, ground, child, age, pig in the... Anne McElvoy hosts a middling discussion with Catherine Carr, Mark Lawson and Adrian Wooldridge.
From taking the middle ground to the mid-life crisis, Middle England to middle managers, to being a middle child - is occupying a position in the middle out of fashion ? Anne McElvoy hosts Radio 4's ideas discussion programme and her guests this week for a middling conversation are:
Journalist Catherine Carr. Her new book Who's the Favourite? explores being a middle child and the relevance of birth order
Writer and broadcaster Mark Lawson, who has written novels set in middle England
Adrian Wooldridge, journalist, author and Global Business Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion
Producer: Eliane Glaser
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- Fri 8 May 202621:00BBC Radio 4
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