Articles about Raymond Tallis

Getting Old Will Be More Fun Than Most of Us Think, by Mark Henderson. Times 13th September 2003.

End-of-Life Ruling Creates New Dilemmas for Doctors, by Nigel Hawkes. Times 31st July 2004.

The NHS Examined: a Feeling of Quiet Despair, interview by Carol Midgely. Times 2nd August 2004.

The Ardent Atheist: GP, Professor of Gerontology, Poet and Playwright — Raymond Tallis Has Attacked Everything from Modern Evolutionary Philosophy to Literary Theory, Interview by Andrew Brown. Guardian 29th April 2006.

Why We Kiss, Laugh, Yawn and Cry, by Catherine O'Brien. Times 25th March 2008.

Raymond Tallis: a Head for Heights: Doctor, Researcher, Philosopher, Critic, Raymond Tallis Has Achieved Enough to Fill a Dozen Careers, by Nicholas Fearn. Independent 11th April 2008.

Ray Tallis: 'At 15 I Was A Biochemical Materialist': John Crace Meets the Irrepressible Geriatrician Who Has Long Wrestled with the Nature of Consciousness. Guardian 3rd June 2008.

The Trouble with Neuroaesthetics: Hard Science Can Suffer When Marshalled in Support of More Subjective Areas of Study, by Chris Power. Guardian Book Blog 4th June 2008.

Raymond Tallis: Larger Than Life: the Celebrated Thinker Says That We Shouldn't Fear Old Age - but Embrace It, by Simon Crompton. Times 20th September 2008.

Most Under-rated Thinker, by Anthony Daniel. Standpoint June 2009.

Beyond the Grey Matter, by Ciara Leeming. Big Issue in the North 7th-11th December 2009. Page 1 (PDF, 3.2MB) / Page 2 (PDF, 1.0MB)

Patrícia Lança: Enemy of Despair. Episteme, Lisbon, Year II, Second Series, No.5-6, Autumn/Winter 2000 [Online version]

 

Broadcasts

Science Weekly: Junk Science: Prof. Raymond Tallis Tells Us More about the Dangers of Junk Science, Presented by Alok Jha. Guardian 5th March 2007.  [MP3 ...]

Desert Island Discs, Presented by Kirsty Young. BBC Radio 4 25th March 2007.

Today: Ray Tallis of Manchester University and Dr Peter Fisher of Royal London Homeopathic Hospital Discuss the Use of Homeopathy within NHS, Presented by John Humphrys and James Naughtie. BBC Radio 4 23rd May 2007 07:45-07:50. [Listen again ...]

Battle of Ideas Debate: My Brain Made Me Do It. Fora.tv 28th Oct 2007.

Night Waves: Matthew Sweet Talks to Writer and Neurologist Prof Raymond Tallis, Whose New Book Takes a Trip around the Human Head. BBC Radio 3 17th April 2008.

Start the Week: Andrew Marr's Guests Include the Philosophers Daniel Dennett and Raymond Tallis. BBC Radio 4 21 April 2008.

Science Extra: Science Correspondents Alok Jha and James Randerson Discuss the Human Head with Scientist, Philosopher and Poet, Raymond Tallis. Guardian 12th May 2008. [MP3 ...]

The Forum, with George Attiyeh and Odaline de la Martinez, Presented by Bridget Kendall. BBC World Service 18th May 2008.

Haycast 06: Sunny Side of Hay: Environmentalist Tony Juniper, Philosopher Raymond Tallis and Sun-Worshipper Robert Mighall Brighten up the House of Hay, Presented by Sarfraz Manzoor. Guardian 29th May 2008. [MP3 ...]

Something Understood:  Do You See What I See? Mike Wooldridge Explores Some of the Complex and Ultimately Unanswerable Questions about the Nature of Human Perception, with the Help Of Prof Raymond Tallis. BBC Radio 4 LW 31st August 2008.

Little Atoms:  Interview with Raymond Tallis, Presented by Neil Denny. Resonance 104.4fm 12th September 2008. [MP3 ...]

Night Waves: Is The Brain Over-Rated? With Chris Frith, Presented by Bidisha. BBC Radio 3 27th October 2008.

Start The Week: Special Edition: Andrew Marr [...] Explores How the Latest Breakthroughs in Neuroscience Make Us Question What It Is to Be Human. BBC Radio 4 29th December 2008.

Inside the Ethics Committee: Terminally Ill and Suicidal, discussion chaired by Joan Bakewell. BBC Radio 4 6th August 2009 21:00.

Celebrity: the Times Cheltenham Festival Debate 2009. Times 14th October 2009.

Newsnight Review with Martha Kearney. BBC Two 30th October 2009 23:00. (BBC iPlayer).

Little Atoms:  Interview 2 with Raymond Tallis, presented by Neil Denny. Resonance 104.4fm 20th November 2009. [MP3 ...]

Night Waves: Matthew Sweet talks to the philosopher, doctor, poet and cultural critic Raymond Tallis about his new book "Michelangelo's Finger". BBC Radio 3 8th February 2010.

Forum, presented by Bridget Kendall: Raymond Tallis explains why pointing makes humans unique and its role in bridging human speech. BBC World Service 21st February 2010.

Start the Week: Andrew Marr looks at how society is shaped by science and war... and Raymond Tallis explains that it all comes down to the fact that we can point. BBC Radio 4 22nd February 2010.

Am I Normal? Series 7: Ageing. Vivienne Parry examines our perceptions and the realities of what happens to us as we get older. BBC Radio 4 9th March 2010.

Analysis: Minds of Our Own? Presented by Kenan Malik. BBC Radio 4 21st March 2010.
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