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The fun of work - really?
Will Self explores how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged with each other.
"I haven't been visiting schools and drowsing during headteachers' PowerPoint presentations for nothing this past quarter century", writes Will Self.
"I know full-well that the purpose of both British education and British employment is the same: to keep us busy and purposive from cradle to grave".
Will Self explores how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged with each other.
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
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Sun 8 Jan 201723:50
BBC Radio 4
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