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'It's that feeling we're going to be left behind' Simon Garfield on Hygge and slowing down time

'In the constant daylight of the internet you don't turn off at all.' Simon Garfield chats to Lauren about his latest book 'Timekeepers', an entertaining and authoritative exploration of how time has come to rule our lives.

Simon argues that the Danish culture of Hygge (the art of living well) offers an alternative to the pressures of digital technology and the culture of busyness.

The author of seventeen acclaimed works of non-fiction his diverse and unpredictable subject matter ranges from 'Just My Type', an exploration of the meaning of fonts, to 'On The Map', a meditation on cartography and our place in the world, and 'The Nation's Favourite', about John Peel's desire to beat up Simon Bates.

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Interviewed Guest Garfield, Simon