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What makes a good judge? Many of us pride ourselves on being good judges of character. However it has been estimated that up to a third of our judgments about other people’s characters are wrong.

Mark Tully explores how we judge another’s character. On what clues do we base our assessments, why are we so often mistaken, and can we learn to read the clues more accurately?

Mark Tully's guest this week is Mallika Akbar.

The readers are Janice Acquah and David Westhead.

Readings and Music

Music 1: Charade (Main Title) composed by Henry Mancini and performed by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra. Available on the CD Charade, released by RCA.

Reading 1: You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly written by U.A. Fanthorpe. Available in Collected Poems 1978-2003. Published by Peterloo Poets.

Music 2: You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover performed by Tim Hardin. Available on the CD Hang on to a Dream.

Reading 2: 21 (A shilling life will give you all the facts…) written by W.H. Auden. Published by Faber and Faber.

Reading 3: King Henry VI written by William Shakespeare.

Music 3: Who Was She? composed by Nico Muhly. Available on the CD The Reader OST, released by Lakeshore.

Reading 4: The Book of Tells written by Peter Collett. Published by Bantam.

Music 4: May Colvin performed by Sileas. Available on the album Play on Light, released by Greentrax Recordings.

Reading 5:. Afterwards written by Fleur Adcock. Available in the book Selected Poems, published by OUP.

Music 5: Overture from Solomon composed by Handel and performed by the Amor Artis Chorale and the English Chamber Orchestra. Available on the CD Solomon, released by Vanguard Classics.

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