Podcasts Other A Point of View Have we reached Peak Stuff?

Have we reached Peak Stuff?

Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 9 p.m.

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As many Christmas presents start making the surreptitious trip to the charity shop, Stella Tillyard argues that many of us appear to be freeing ourselves from the unfulfilling grip of "things".

She asks if - as the earth is dying under the weight or our excesses - we\'re "reaching a wider, bigger moment: a weariness with acquisition itself".

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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