Sunday Feature - Fruits of the Earth
Four writers contemplate why fertility has been such an important preoccupation in the worlds of art and ideas
Sunday Feature - Fruits of the Earth - Episode 1
Fruits of the Earth: 1/4. Author AS Byatt examines changing attitudes to fertility rites and symbols as seen in James George Frazer's The Golden Bough and railway engine design.
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Sunday Feature - Fruits of the Earth - Episode 2
Fruits of the Earth: 2/4. Series on fertility. Biologist Lewis Wolpert explains why gastrulation, a phase in the growth of an embryo, is the most important event in our lives.
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Sunday Feature - Fruits of the Earth - Episode 3
Fruits of the Earth: 3/4. Writer Maggie Gee looks at popular culture, from the book The Children of Men to celebrity baby brandishing, and what it says about attitudes to fertility.
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Sunday Feature - Fruits of the Earth - Episode 4
Fruits of the Earth: 4/4. Writer Laura Cumming contemplates the nature of fertility today and argues that visual art has never fully turned its gaze on the subject.
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