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It's a Secret

From dishonesty to discretion and the currency of secrets, Mark Tully talks to Dr Patricia Lewis from Chatham House about the power of secrecy.

Is a secret always dishonest? Is transparency always advisable? Can keeping a confidence lead to greater openness? Mark Tully looks at the positive and negative power of secrets, in conversation with the physicist Dr Patricia Lewis, Research Director for International Security at the think tank Chatham House.

Mark explores the subject further through the music of Camille Saint-Saens and Geoffrey Burgon, and with readings from WH Auden and AE Housman.

The readers are Paapa Essiedu and Emily Bowker.

Producer: Frank Stirling
Presenter: Mark Tully

A 7digital production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

30 minutes

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Sun 1 Jul 2018 23:30
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  • Is openness always the best option, or can keeping secrets sometimes be justified?

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix from 'Samson and Delilah'

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis.
    • Saint-Saens: Samson & Dalila.
    • Erato: 3984-24756-2.

  • Kudsi Erguner

    Yolumuz Gurbete Dusdu

    Performer: Kudsi Erguner.
    • Turkey: Bektashi Music - Ashik Songs.
    • Unesco: NFI.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Imitation Game

    Performer: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Sony Classical : 88875012122.
    • Sony Classical: 88875012122.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Nunc dimittis from Evening Service in G

    Performer: Boys Of The St. PaulΒ’s Cathedral Choir, Paul Phoenix.
    • Jubilate! Golden Favourites from St Paul's Cathedral.
    • Guild: GMCD7024.

  • Henry Purcell

    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

    Performer: Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King,.
    • Henry Purcell - The Complete Anthems and Services 2.
    • Hyperion: CDA-6660.

Texts

Title: Shake Hands
Author: A.E. Housman
Found in More Poems published by Jonathan cape

Title: Meeting God In Mark
Author: Rowan Williams
Published by Westminster John Knox Press

Title: The Bletchley Girls
Author: Tessa Dunlop
Published by Hodder & Staunton

Title: At Last The Secret Is Out
Author: W.H. Auden
From Tell Me The Truth About Love pub. Faber

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Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Jul 2018 06:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 1 Jul 2018 23:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4