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The middle

Middle - England, ground, child, age, pig in ... Anne McElvoy hosts a middling discussion

From taking the middle ground to the mid-life crisis, Middle England to middle managers, to being a middle child - is occupying a position in the middle out of fashion ? Anne McElvoy hosts Radio 4's ideas discussion programme and her guests this week for a middling conversation are:

Journalist Catherine Carr. Her new book Who's the Favourite? explores being a middle child and the relevance of birth order

Adrian Wooldridge, journalist, author and Global Business Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion

Producer: Eliane Glaser

Release date:

57 minutes

On radio

Fri 8 May 202621:00

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 May 202621:00

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