Behaving Ourselves
David Mitchell on Manners
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Behaving Ourselves
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Narrated by:
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David Mitchell
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By:
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David Mitchell
About this listen
David Mitchell sets out on a vigorous but impeccably polite investigation into the confusing world of manners. Are they really in decline, as many would have us believe? Or are we just throwing off the shackles of the Victorian obsession with etiquette?
Over the course of the series, David eats his lunchtime sandwiches with children in a primary school, and later goes to a street market to see manners - good and bad - in action. He explores where our manners come from with Professors Steven Pinker from Harvard University and the author Henry Hitchings. What do we mean by 'civility' and 'good manners' in public places? Why are people still pinching vicars' bottoms, and what can the state do to improve standards of public behaviour? And, David asks, how is the digital age changing our sense of public space?
Produced by Chris Ledgard.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- sbg911
- 06-07-2020
Too short
As much as I love all things David Mitchell, this seems a bit short to be charging a full book price for. Just my opinion.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- EileenH
- 25-11-2024
Behaving ourselves
David Mitchell takes us, once again, on a romp through, a mainly British observance and asks the question "are mnners dispoearing?". Most people would say resounding "yes" or "no" and immediately provide some examples. But its not really as black and white as all that, perhaps what is changing is peoples understandings of words and meanings. Some say that good manners are a way to show respect for others, and that etiquette is the structure for how to present oneself. It's possible to have good manners but poor etiquette, or vice versa. Perhaps it is "respect", for self, for others, for institutions, for protocols that is changing. Our Late Queen, Elizbeth II managed to be an outstanding example of M, E and R. Perhaps we need more beacons, not fewer?
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