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Radio 3,30 Jan 2018,14 mins

SeriesLooking Good

Lauren Elkin

The Essay

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Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely: Lauren Elkin reckons that the way people walk, their gait, is a signifier. It also tells us something about ourselves as we watch people file past us, the quick and the slow. And it makes her think of George Sand strolling Paris. Producer Duncan Minshull

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