EPISODE · Oct 4, 2017 · 13 MIN
Decluttering
from The Essay · host BBC Radio 3
Decluttering is all the rage, as many of us are weighed down by stuff. Joanna Robertson lives in Paris, where apartments are small. So how do they go about getting rid of their clutter? Or do they? In a previous series for The Essay, Joanna took us to some of the international cities she's lived in and told us the Shopping News. Now, she takes on the consequences. Stuff Happens - not just to shopaholics but to all of us. It's the seemingly inescapable curse of 21st century consumerism - however hard we try to resist. In this edition, Joanna finds out about Parisians' solutions for having too much stuff - and they aren't what you might think. Producer: Arlene Gregorius.
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Decluttering is all the rage, as many of us are weighed down by stuff. Joanna Robertson lives in Paris, where apartments are small. So how do they go about getting rid of their clutter? Or do they? In a previous series for The Essay, Joanna took us to some of the international cities she's lived in and told us the Shopping News. Now, she takes on the consequences. Stuff Happens - not just to shopaholics but to all of us. It's the seemingly inescapable curse of 21st century consumerism - however hard we try to resist. In this edition, Joanna finds out about Parisians' solutions for having too much stuff - and they aren't what you might think. Producer: Arlene Gregorius.
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