How waiting alters our perception of time

The physician and writer Raymond Tallis examines the nature of waiting – how it causes both pleasure and anguish.

For writing, Claudia Hammond explains how waiting alters our perception of time, and visual artist and amateur bird watcher Angélica Piedrahita demonstrates how waiting is intrinsic to the artistic process.

Edit by Alba Jaramillo

Excerpts from The Waiting, a Kati Whitaker production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, produced by Anthony Denselow

 

14 November 2023