Will Self’s Diary: Seeking the company of London’s homeless, and the gamble of post-Brexit Britain
Searching with an outreach worker for the rough sleepers hiding in flower beds and electricity cupboards, our eyes are drawn to the City skyline.
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Will Self
Will Self is an author, broadcaster and New Statesman columnist. He has written novels, collections of fiction and novellas, and is professor of modern thought at Brunel University London.
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The Republic may well be secular – yet when the results of the first round came in that evening,…
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Devolution and Brexit require inspiring ideas – not tired retreads of ideological stances for social formations long since melted into…
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Forget fake news on Facebook – the real filter bubble is you
If people want to receive all their news from a single feed that reinforces their beliefs, there is little that…
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The upchuck of bigotry against the high court is no surprise – it’s been brewing since 23 June
It’s not enough for the Prime Minister to decry the abuse directed toward the judiciary while “even-handedly” trumpeting freedom…
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It’s not enough for the Prime Minister to decry the abuse directed toward the judiciary while “even-handedly” trumpeting freedom…
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