麻豆社 Radio 3 - The Essay

Fourth—A Sporting Lexicon

5/5 Gillian Slovo considers the nobility of mising the podium and coming 'fourth' in sport.

4/5 Matthew Syed explores how 'luck' is a big factor in winning and losing in sport.

3/5 Geoff Dyer celebrates sporting competitors who have shown 'grace'.

2/5 Writer Kamila Shamsie considers sportspeople who have always used 'guile'.

1/5 Writer Colin Thubron on how we have to 'challenge' to achieve in the sporting world.

5/5 Lawyer Albie Sachs discusses issues about social and economic rights in South Africa.

4/5 Lawyer Albie Sachs on cases involving religion in South Africa's courts.

3/5 Lawyer Albie Sachs considers the issue of equality in the new South Africa.

2/5 Albie Sachs reflects on his time as a justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court.

1/5 South African lawyer Albie Sachs reflects on the momentous changes in his country.