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'My name is Darren McGarvey, and I am a far from perfect man.' The Orwell Prize-winning author asks hard questions about toxic masculinity. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

"My name is Darren McGarvey, and I am a far from perfect man."

The Orwell Prize-winning author asks hard questions about the crisis of masculinity, probing the fears and uncertainties that arise from self-examination.

Read by the author
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

Darren McGarvey is a prize-winning author, musician, social commentator and BAFTA award-winning broadcaster. His debut book 'Poverty Safari' blended memoir, journalism and polemic and was a word of mouth bestseller. His follow ups 'The State We're In' and 'The Social Distance Between Us' featured on Radio 4 Book of the Week, and Darren delivered the 2022 Reith lecture 'Freedom from Want'. Darren is leading a series of live in-conversation events at the Edinburgh Fringe, where he'll explore facets of modern masculinity in conversation with a variety of expert guests. 'Performative Male' is at The Stand from the 5th - 16th August.

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14 minutes

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Next Monday11:45
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