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Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, Class in Britain, An Eton Education

Presented by Philip Dodd. With a review of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey at the National Theatre, plus a debate on class in Britain and Eton headteacher Anthony Little.

Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was 18. First performed in 1958, a new National Theatre production stars Lesley Sharp and Kate O'Flynn. Oxford historian Selina Todd has a first night review.

Anthony Little, headmaster of Eton College discusses class, tradition and teaching manhood.

And Philip Dodd discusses the pivotal notion of self-worth in terms of achieving social mobility with Douglas Murray, journalist and commentator who was a Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion and is now associate director of the think tank the Henry Jackson Society, Selina Todd, whose new book is called The People, The Rise and Fall of the Working Class 1910-2010 and author and broadcaster Lindsay Johns who is a volunteer mentor for a South London organisation which aims to optimise the social and educational achievements of disadvantaged children.

Presented by Philip Dodd.

Producer: Jacqueline Smith

Image Credit: Marc Brenner.

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45 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Feb 201422:00

Chapters

  • An Eton Education

    Anthony Little, headmaster of Eton College discusses class, tradition & teaching manhood

    Duration: 18:07

  • A Taste of Honey

    Selina Todd has a first night review of the new National Theatre production

    Duration: 07:55

  • Class in Britain

    Philip Dodd & guests discuss the pivotal notion of class and self-worth

    Duration: 18:03

Selina Todd

Selina Todd

The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 is written by Selina Todd and published on Thursday 10 April 2014.

Image Copyright: Paul Cliff

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey written by Shelgah Delaney is on at the National Theatre, London from Wednesday 19 February until Sunday 11 May 2014.

Credits

RoleContributor
Interviewed GuestSelina Todd
PresenterPhilip Dodd
Interviewed GuestAnthony Little
Interviewed GuestDouglas Murray
Interviewed GuestSelina Todd
Interviewed GuestLindsay Johns
ProducerJacqueline Smith

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Feb 201422:00

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