Mary Midgley
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Sep 30, 2026
JohnHOST
And it's not just the critics reviewing it, it's actually a nice little film piece about it.
JohnHOST
But the guests on that particular program are Alan Plater, Edwina Currie, together at last, and Mary Midgley, who was a big philosophy academic at Newcastle University actually.
JohnHOST
They talk about their reaction to it, and Plater is particularly careful and very good with his praise about Barry Hines.
JohnHOST
But Edwina Currie is, uh...
JohnHOST
That they should make a program about the spirit of The Blitz.
JohnHOST
I think it was that that sent me over the edge.
JohnHOST
And she even has the nerve to say, "Well, of course, the Newsnight debate was the best program of the three [laughs] that were shown." It's like, "What?" And you hear Mary Midgley in the background go, "It was terrible." It's quite something.
Edwina CurrieSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's why the, the, the discussion that was held on Monday night was actually the best of all of the three programs.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Um, and yeah, it's a, it's a playful article, but it's just sort of about, uh, the, uh, connection between play, philosophy, utopia, and, and, and plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Um, uh, it's using sort of, uh, the philosophy of Mary Midgley, who talks about philosophy as, as a form of plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Um, sorry I gave too much detail i- into the content of that, but that's something I've, I've been working on, uh, over the summer.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Um, I'm working on, uh, a, an edited volume, um, on apocalyptic fictions, early days.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
It's a journal article and yeah, it's a, it's a playful article, but it's the sort of about the connection between play philosophy, utopia and, and, and plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
It's using sort of the philosophy of Mary Midgley, who talks about philosophy as a form of plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Sorry to get too much detail into the content of that, but that's something I've been working on over the summer.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
I'm working on an edited volume on apocalyptic fictions, early days, currently in some talks with publishers about that.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
And yeah, it's a playful article, but it's sort of about the connection between play, philosophy, utopia and plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
It's using sort of the philosophy of Mary Midgley, who talks about philosophy as a form of plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Sorry to get too much detail into the content of that, but that's something I've been working on over the summer.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
I'm working on an edited volume on apocalyptic fictions, early days, currently in some talks with publishers about that.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
which I'm hoping is going to be coming out.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
It's a journal article and yeah, it's a, it's a playful article, but it's the sort of about the connection between play philosophy, utopia and, and, and plumbing and, It's using sort of the philosophy of Mary Midgley, who talks about philosophy as a form of plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Sorry to get too much detail into the content of that, but that's something I've been working on over the summer.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
I'm working on an edited volume on apocalyptic fictions, early days, currently in some talks with publishers about that.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
which I'm hoping is going to be coming out.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
It's a journal article and yeah, it's a, it's a playful article, but it's the sort of about the connection between play philosophy, utopia and, and, and plumbing and, It's using sort of the philosophy of Mary Midgley, who talks about philosophy as a form of plumbing.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
Sorry to get too much detail into the content of that, but that's something I've been working on over the summer.
Matthew LeggattGUEST
I'm working on an edited volume on apocalyptic fictions, early days, currently in some talks with publishers about that.
Ilari MäkeläHOST
I've long tried to balance the two views in my mind.
Ilari MäkeläHOST
On the one hand, the fact that we, as Mary Midgley memorably said, we humans are not just rather like animals.
Ilari MäkeläHOST
We are animals.
Ilari MäkeläHOST
And on the other hand, there's something clearly bizarre about us.