The Realisation Festival Podcast
Welcome to the podcast of the Realisation Festival, which takes place every year at St Giles House, Wimborne, Dorset (http://realisationfestival.com).
The podcast is hosted by Mark Vernon, in conversation with individuals who have attended the festival. The aim is to develop a sense of the various ways in which realising is done, as people offer reflections on ideas, experiences, books and activities.
The Realisation Festival Podcast
Why Edges Very Much Matter. Charles Foster at Realisation 2026
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Why does politics feel increasingly frantic, economics increasingly deluded, culture increasingly empty - even when led by seemingly good people?
Charles Foster explores how, at root, modern ways of life uncouple us from the heart of what makes us human: a love of horizons and edges. With that perspective lost, power is mostly about control, not allure, and society organises around safety rather than spirit.
What does this mean for notions like nation states and sciences of prediction? Drawing particularly on the work of Iain McGilchrist, Charles asks again about the meaning of life, individual and collective, by stepping towards uncertainty.
Charles is speaking with Mark Vernon and will be at the Realisation Festival, at St Giles House, Dorset, June 25-28, 2026.
For more about Realisation 2026 - https://realisationfestival.com/
For more about Charles Foster - https://charlesfoster.co.uk/