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Waiting for the Barbarians

Mark Tully draws on CP Cavafy’s famous poem Waiting for the Barbarians.

Mark Tully draws on CP Cavafy’s famous poem Waiting for the Barbarians. He asks if Cavafy was right to suggest that every culture and community needs a sense of The Barbarian outside the gate in order to give meaning to its sense of identity and civilisation.
First broadcast in 2005.

A Unique Broadcasting Company production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Oct 2023 06:05

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Oct 2023 06:05