A friend put me on to this Thought for the Day I would otherwise have missed, from Radio 4's Today programme, broadcast this summer on 21st August. It is a timely reflection, in three pithy minutes, on leisure! We have lost sight of the true meaning of leisure in these hectic disordered times. Tim Stanley refers to Joseph Pieper's remarkable book, published just after the War, called Leisure, the Basis Of Culture, which I recommend very strongly. He gets a lot into a short work. Let's not lose sight of being-at-leisure.
This blog is open to anyone interested in literary culture. We live in a results-centred, utilitarian world, and unfortunately our educational systems are increasingly occupied with job-training and ‘skills’. Although exam results and jobs are essential, I believe strongly that teaching must be informed by the transmission of a love for the beauty and wisdom in our artistic creations. Without this, education withers and dies. 'You have been to school/ But kept your wisdom' (Kathleen Raine)
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