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| Airport gets writer-in-residence | Airport gets writer-in-residence |
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| Philosopher Alain de Botton is to be the first ever writer-in-residence at a UK airport. | Philosopher Alain de Botton is to be the first ever writer-in-residence at a UK airport. |
| De Botton is spending a week in Heathrow's Terminal Five, where he will have access to all areas, and is due to write a book about the experience. | De Botton is spending a week in Heathrow's Terminal Five, where he will have access to all areas, and is due to write a book about the experience. |
| He says airports encapsulate the modern world, featuring "interconnection, fast travel, the destruction of nature... dreams of consumerism and travel". | He says airports encapsulate the modern world, featuring "interconnection, fast travel, the destruction of nature... dreams of consumerism and travel". |
| The airport will give away 10,000 copies of his book once it is written. | The airport will give away 10,000 copies of his book once it is written. |
| The writer is being given unprecedented access to all areas of Terminal Five, as well as full creative control of the finished book. | The writer is being given unprecedented access to all areas of Terminal Five, as well as full creative control of the finished book. |
| "So if the now infamous T5 baggage system breaks down again, expect tales of passenger misery and ennui," says BBC reporter Iain Mackenzie. | "So if the now infamous T5 baggage system breaks down again, expect tales of passenger misery and ennui," says BBC reporter Iain Mackenzie. |
| Do Botton regards airports as fascinating environments. | Do Botton regards airports as fascinating environments. |
| He said: "They're full of all the things that we're told the modern world's about - interconnection, fast travel, the destruction of nature, destruction of the environment, the dreams of consumerism and travel. | He said: "They're full of all the things that we're told the modern world's about - interconnection, fast travel, the destruction of nature, destruction of the environment, the dreams of consumerism and travel. |
| "It's all here at an airport and so being able to be a writer in residence here, is just a chance to see in action all these things that we normally just hear about as abstractions." | "It's all here at an airport and so being able to be a writer in residence here, is just a chance to see in action all these things that we normally just hear about as abstractions." |
| The writer's previous books include The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, The Architecture of Happiness and Status Anxiety. | The writer's previous books include The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, The Architecture of Happiness and Status Anxiety. |
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