This week Andrew Marr is joined by Susan Greenfield, Anthony Pagden, Jonathan Kent and Elizabeth Pisani.
Microchip implants and drugs delivered by nanoparticles are just two of the breakthroughs that neuroscientist SUSAN GREENFIELD argues will affect our brains in the 21st century. In her latest book, she explores how the human brain and our sense of self will evolve, spurred on by new technologies and our increasingly pervasive ‘screen culture’. ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century is published by Hodder & Stoughton.
The differences that divide ‘West’ from ‘East’ today go deeper than politics or religion, argues the historian ANTHONY PAGDEN. In his latest book, he charts how the current conflict between the two worlds belongs to a far older history of imagery and myth-making, that starts with the Persian Wars on Ancient Greece and progresses through the Christian crusades, the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire and the West’s more recent actions in the Middle East. Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle between East and West is published by Oxford University Press.
Alexandre Dumas fils’ romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias(The Lady of the Camellias) published in the 19th century has spawned countless stage adaptations, a ballet and numerous movies, as well as inspiring Verdi to write La Traviata. Now director JONATHAN KENT and the team behind Les Misérables have adapted the story of a doomed love affair again for their new musical Marguerite, set in occupied Paris during the Second World War. Marguerite is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.
Written after a decade of research into HIV and AIDS, ELIZABETH PISANI’s new book describes the international response to the AIDS epidemic as a multi-billion dollar industry, controlled by political correctness and government agendas. She explains why the international community is wrong to focus solely on the crisis in Africa. The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS is published by Granta Books.
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