Front Row Late
Death and Culture
S6 • E4 Feb 7, 2020 40m
Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss why we consume so much sensationalised death in movies, crime fiction and television drama, while we are reluctant to speak about real pain and loss.
How much do our religious traditions continue to shape our attitudes towards death, grief and the afterlife? And how will technology change our idea of legacy in the future?
And how can comedy help us to come to terms with grief and our own mortality?
How much do our religious traditions continue to shape our attitudes towards death, grief and the afterlife? And how will technology change our idea of legacy in the future?
And how can comedy help us to come to terms with grief and our own mortality?