Will Davies
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Professor @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social - Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk - substack Subscribe for latest writing etc at Williamdavies.blog
Did the PM in waiting actually say this?! I await the usual calm and reasoned responses
I only wish Habermas had lived long enough to welcome our new public sphere
there's also the exploitative and exclusionary practices contained in this piece archive.ph/fLhqf
A pretty significant test case, as to whether sheer weight of marketing can remake public space and social relations, in ways that nobody would consciously choose. So far, so good...?
In a previous age, Terry Venables successfully got 'cyclists' into Room 101. Maybe he was ahead of his time.
I'm sure everyone *wants* growth, but the point I concluded my recent LRB piece with is: what is the point of being in power if and when it doesn't arrive? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...