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Alain de Botton

Sunday 6 June 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Michael Berkeley's guest today is the philosopher Alain de Botton, bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, and, most recently, Status Anxiety, in which he examines our society's obsession with social hierarchy. His musical passions revolve around just three composers - Bach, Handel and Mozart.

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