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Turning Over the Pebbles-Mike Brearley

The Uses of Literacy- Richard Hoggart 1950s book with a fascinating insight into class attitudes of what, at the time, some seemed to think was a bit of a 'woke' age...

'The places in between'. An account of Rory Stewart's journey across Afghanistan. Just arrived today. Rory Stewart is an unheralded national treasure. I rather suspect his candidacy for prime minister will fail. Probably for the best. Firstly he's too nice and secondly he's not really a Tory...

Alan Bennett's 'Keeping on, Keeping on'. Always good value is our AB.

The condition of the working class in England 1844. Fred Engels. Wonderful social commentary, and a radical view written at the time- as opposed to retrospective revisionism.

I enjoyed that book. He did a follow up called 'Adventures on the High Teas' a book about 'Middle England' -worth a read.

The Uses Of Literacy- Richard Hoggart (1957) Brilliant social commentary on life in the mid twentieth century. Very prophetic too, when talking of the onset of mass media in cultural influence.