Changing My Mind

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Memory

20161205

As part of Radio 3's 70th celebrations, Julian Barnes - also 70 this year - on why and how he alters his views. Today a word about vacillation, uncertainty and of course - memory.

'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...'

In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he first cites John Maynard Keynes and Francis Picabia. Then, what is the role of memory in all this?

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Author Julian Barnes explores ideas of vacillation, uncertainty and memory.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Words

20161206

'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...'

In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about a lifetime's use of words. He has his favourites, such as 'decimated' and 'indifference'. But have things stayed the same with words ?

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Julian Barnes on how he uses words, asking what did they ever mean and what they mean now.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Politics

20161207

'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...'

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Author Julian Barnes discusses his changing views about politics over the years.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Books

20161208

'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...'

In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life , he now explores his tastes in literature. He has remained firm in admiration of some authors, others have caused indecision and a change of heart even.

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Julian Barnes on his changing views about books and their authors, especially EM Forster.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Time

20161209

'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...'

In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed through the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about the vagaries of time, beginning with a visit to the barbers on the eve of his 70th birthday.

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Author Julian Barnes considers whether his perception of time has changed over the years.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Memory	20161205	As part of Radio 3's 70th celebrations, Julian Barnes - also 70 this year - on why and how he alters his views. Today a word about vacillation, uncertainty and of course - memory. 'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...' In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he first cites John Maynard Keynes and Francis Picabia. Then, what is the role of memory in all this? Producer Duncan Minshull. Author Julian Barnes explores ideas of vacillation, uncertainty and memory. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.
02	Words	20161206	'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...' In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about a lifetime's use of words. He has his favourites, such as 'decimated' and 'indifference'. But have things stayed the same with words ? Producer Duncan Minshull. Julian Barnes on how he uses words, asking what did they ever mean and what they mean now. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.
03	Politics	20161207	'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...' In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he first cites John Maynard Keynes and Francis Picabia. Then, what is the role of memory in all this? Producer Duncan Minshull. Author Julian Barnes discusses his changing views about politics over the years. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.
04	Books	20161208	'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...' In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed over the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life , he now explores his tastes in literature. He has remained firm in admiration of some authors, others have caused indecision and a change of heart even. Producer Duncan Minshull. Julian Barnes on his changing views about books and their authors, especially EM Forster. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.
05	Time	20161209	'It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, verb, object - a clear, clean action...' In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of view has changed through the years. Referring to historical characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about the vagaries of time, beginning with a visit to the barbers on the eve of his 70th birthday. Producer Duncan Minshull. Author Julian Barnes considers whether his perception of time has changed over the years. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.