Lockdown, and the hardships ahead

Mar 19, 2020 · 30 min · 29.7 MB

0:00-30:50

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It's the first few days of a national lockdown, so have humans been hubristic in not expecting something like this to happen (1:10)? Over in France, is President Macron dealing with this any better (11:05)? Last, is there any point in being a historical novelist in the age of Hilary Mantel (19:10)?

With James Forsyth, Dr Elisabetta Groppelli, Jonathan Miller, Katy Lee, Antonia Senior and Mark Lawson.

Presented by Cindy Yu.

Produced by Cindy Yu and Gus Carter.

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