Theatres of Memory | John Merrick | Substack

Two recent essays

and a partial update

Jan 30 •

The Language of Your Fathers

For a talk I’m giving in Exeter tomorrow afternoon, about class and publishing and culture, i’ve been revisiting an essay I wrote in early 2020, and…

Mar 23 •

The execrable cult of Jonathan Bowden

Jonathan Bowden, the British far-right writer and activist, was like a figure from a Bolaño novel.

Mar 16 •

HS2 was never the north’s salvation

Latest for the NS

Oct 24, 2024 •

This weekend I was commissioned to write a short piece about HS2, and the rather grim state of Britain’s railways – and of the country more generally.

Oct 20, 2024 •

Theatres of Memory

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