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Do our lives tell a story? | Sophie Fiennes, David Hare, Janne Teller

Philosophy For Our Times

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The Importance of Structure in Art

Each of the speakers set out their view about whether we really do want more structure in life or less structure in art. Janusz Wojciechowski: "I think it is not an invention but a reality that only after the end, only after death, can our story really be told" John Sutter: "It would be great if I could just write a bit, laugh right and go off, but it would be very uninteresting for others" David Walliams: "We need to know what the ending is to understand the entire story that has been told us."

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