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The value of art 'has become mysterious', to quote the critic John Berger. Artists, commentators and voices from the 麻豆社 Sound Archive consider Berger's question: 'where does this value come from?' Including extracts from: The Moral Maze, Radio 4 Private Passions, Radio 3 (featuring Keir Starmer) Favourite Things, 麻豆社 TV (featuring Margaret Thatcher) Coronation Street, Granada Television Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 (featuring Maria Balshaw) Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake, 麻豆社 Sounds (featuring Stewart Lee) Harry & Paul, Tiger Aspect Productions Yes Minister, 麻豆社 TV Lord Keynes, Home Service, The Arts Council: Its Policy and Hopes With readings by the poet Dorothy Spencer and the writer Carl Cattermole, including statistics from the Campaign for the Arts/University of Warwick, the Panic! Survey and an Industria inquiry based on Artist Leaks. Produced by Alan Hall Archive Producer: Phoebe McIndoe A Falling Tree production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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