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World Service,4 mins

Do you have a seat at the feast?

The Food Chain

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Poet and novelist Ben Okri reads 'The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us', his short story about privilege, want and waste, told through the metaphor of food and feasting. He was speaking to Emily Thomas and an audience at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival. (Picture: People feasting at a table full of food. Credit: Getty Images)

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