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'The nation's keenest progressive and radical minds had been busy...' Darren McGarvey takes on the commentariat over the crisis of masculinity. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

"The nation's keenest progressive and radical minds had been busy..."

The Orwell Prize-winning author realises he's still angry about some of the lazy thinking around class and masculine privilege that has shaped debate in the last decade.

Read by the author
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

Darren McGarvey is a prize-winning author, musician, social commentator and BAFTA award-winning broadcaster. His debut book 'Poverty Safari' blended memoir, journalism and polemic and was a word of mouth bestseller. His follow ups 'The State We're In' and 'The Social Distance Between Us' featured on Radio 4 Book of the Week, and Darren delivered the 2022 Reith lecture 'Freedom from Want'. Darren is leading a series of live in-conversation events at the Edinburgh Fringe, where he'll explore facets of modern masculinity in conversation with a variety of expert guests. 'Performative Male' is at The Stand from the 5th - 16th August.

A BBC Audio Scotland production

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14 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 29 Jul 202611:45
  • Thu 30 Jul 202600:30