Cultural Capital
James Marriott, Naomi AldermanA newsletter about ideas, literature and the arts
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Are conservatives more post-literate than liberals?, America 100 years ago, hurrah for economic growth and a lock of Dr Johnson's hair
Evening Atmosphere by Harald Sohlberg
Hello!
Welcome to Cultural Capital. My forthcoming book about the decline of reading, The New Dark Ages goes to the printers this week! It’s out on the 3rd of September.
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I am rather...
Did YIMBYs cause the industrial revolution? Would Grok vote for Biden? Did Frank Kermode destroy English literature? Should we bring back autodidacts?
Bonfire Celebrating Midsummer Night by Nikolai Astrup
Hello,
Welcome to Cultural Capital! In The Times I wrote about why we need to bring back autodidacts:
I always feel myself particularly drawn to the bloody-minded spirit of the Birm...
British decline, giant tortoises, Tolstoyan nudity, my air-conditioning foresight
The Siesta by by Joaquín Sorolla
Hello!
Welcome to Cultural Capital and greetings from ~~Italy~~ Britain where it is nearly 40 degrees and we are almost onto our seventh prime minister in a decade.
The consensus is that the country is n...
Significance of gusto, mysteries of consciousness, changing attitudes to dogs, investigation into social failure
Wetterhorn by Yoshida Hiroshi
Hello!
Welcome to Cultural Capital. In The Times I wrote about the genius of David Hockney:
It took an original eye to see a Yorkshire February in rainbow colours. In David Hockney’s ‘Winter Timber’ bright...
Bananas, LED lights, Bertrand Russell, Battle of Naseby, parrot CV, Shakespeare's pettiness
Lake McArthur by JEH Macdonald
Hello,
Welcome to Cultural Capital. In The Times this week I interviewed Richard Dawkins:
The contrast between the palatial honey-coloured facade of the Oxford University Press building — pillars, portico...
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bestselling novelist (eg The Power), games creator (eg Zombies, Run!), broadcaster (eg Human Intelligence). genuinely interested in almost everything. sometimes people call me a ‘public intellectual’ and I quite like it.
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