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How waiting alters our perception of time

The physician and writer Raymond Tallis examines the nature of waiting – how it causes both pleasure and anguish.

For writing, Claudia Hammond explains how waiting alters our perception of time, and visual artist and amateur bird watcher Angélica Piedrahita demonstrates how waiting is intrinsic to the artistic process.

Edit by Alba Jaramillo

Excerpts from The Waiting, a Kati Whitaker production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, produced by Anthony Denselow

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Title

The physician and writer Raymond Tallis examines the nature of waiting – how it causes both pleasure and anguish. For writing, Claudia Hammond explains how waiting alters our perception of time, and visual artist and amateur bird watcher Angélica Piedrahita demonstrates how waiting is intrinsic to the artistic process. Edit by Alba Jaramillo Excerpts from The Waiting, a Kati Whitaker production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, produced by Anthony Denselow

Media type

Television

Media name

BBC

Media description

The physician and writer Raymond Tallis examines the nature of waiting – how it causes both pleasure and anguish.

For writing, Claudia Hammond explains how waiting alters our perception of time, and visual artist and amateur bird watcher Angélica Piedrahita demonstrates how waiting is intrinsic to the artistic process.

Edit by Alba Jaramillo

Excerpts from The Waiting, a Kati Whitaker production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, produced by Anthony Denselow

Date

2022-11-14

Degree of recognition

International

Country

United Kingdom

Producer

Alba Jaramillo

Duration

4:18