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The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
Sep 19, 2025
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Everyone is dreaming about snakes, how podcasts are killing non-fiction, pre-industrial death, did Candy Crush Saga topple Assad?
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Feb 13
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The attention crisis comes for film studies, thinking fast and slow, solving the Victorian housing crisis, my childhood obsession with…
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Feb 6
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A YouTube Education
Aug 15, 2025
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The best books I read in 2025
Dec 5, 2025
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The Death of English Literature
Dec 12, 2025
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How to read and why
Jun 6, 2025
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The elite student disability epidemic, why classical statues weren't as ugly as you think, semantic leakage, the secret of Shakespeare's…
Jan 9
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The decline of deviance, the age of stupid, how envy drove cancel culture and why we're never going to outer space
Nov 21, 2025
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Why Homer Simpson went MAGA, how to be less awkward, why mammoth hunters were just showing off, how art evolved and the self-immolation of…
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Jan 30
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Is parliament now post-literate?, beware declining superpowers, thankfulness, awe and wonder, and how AI destroys institutions
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Jan 23
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Martin Luther rewired your brain, the AI memorisation crisis, The mysteries of global shipping, A Walk After Dark and the genius of George…
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Jan 16
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The elite student disability epidemic, why classical statues weren't as ugly as you think, semantic leakage, the secret of Shakespeare's…
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Jan 9
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The Death of English Literature
The rise and fall of my favourite subject
Dec 12, 2025
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James Marriott
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The best books I read in 2025
Fiction, memoir, history, science, ideas and more
Dec 5, 2025
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The rise and fall of homo sapiens, MAGA civil war, my favourite Christmas playlist, Nabokov in Montreux, the meditations of John Donne
Plus Cultural Capital is taking a short break
Nov 28, 2025
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The decline of deviance, the age of stupid, how envy drove cancel culture and why we're never going to outer space
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Nov 21, 2025
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Cancel culture memories, the monks in the casino, what it's like to be 16 in 2025 and the problem with critical thinking
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Nov 14, 2025
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