136 - Christopher Forbes

Published: July 11, 2017, noon

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 110th Second-Hand Book Factory is Christopher Forbes, who is a person at crossroads. They tackle the mythologisation of history, a traveller\\u2019s view of Europe and opposing ideas of illness and identity.

The TED talk by Andrew Solomon that Christopher mentions can be watched here (Love No Matter What): https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Far From The Tree (Parents, Children and the Search for Identity) by Andrew Solomon, published in 2013 by Chatto & Windus; cover photograph \\xa9 Adam Fuss.

More information, including book listings, is at http://pageonepodcast.com/

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