The unexpected power of the humble shoe

People rarely think about their feet – despite being on them for large parts of the day. And we don’t tend to give shoes any artistic or intellectual credit either.

Writer and academic Shahidha Bari questions whether we should really be so dismissive of them. Is it possible that shoes help us to understand a particular aspect of our humanness?

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9 November 2023