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What's the connection between fascism and illiteracy? A third of British adults who used to read for pleasure don't anymore. And according to the OECD, literacy itself, not just the habit of it, is declining or stagnating across most of the developed world. In a new book, The New Dark Ages, James Marriott argues that we're living through a great unwinding: a retreat from the written word and the kind of rational, analytical mind that print culture built over five centuries, back towards something closer to the pre-literate world: one dominated not by books, but by images, screens, and short-form video. In this episode of The New Society, Tanjil Rashid is joined by James Marriott to ask: are we really heading back into the dark?
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"Anyone who supports North Sea drilling is an extremist" Oli Dugmore
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Should it be illegal to play music out loud on public transport? Oli Dugmore and Anoosh Chakelian say no.
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The anti-Muslim sentiment sweeping across the UK and Europe is "basically racism" says Rory Stewart
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Mark Gatiss: "I don't understand the antipathy towards Keir Starmer" The actor – currently starring in a play lampooning fascism – argues that the PM is doing a good job, but from the press he gets "you'd think he was Vlad the Impaler". Listen on the New Society podcast.
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Some on the Labour right want a "more welcoming" tone on immigration. - Ailbhe Rea
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"Kemi hasn't put a foot wrong in 9 months" @iaindale tells @olidugmore on The Exchange.
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