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Mary Harrington's avatar

I think this is broadly right, but we're not so much exiting the age of longform reading as exiting the age of mass longform reading. That has arguably been coming for some time: to my eye peak print was around the end of the 19th century. In the aftermath the vast majority are post-print, yes; but the world of elite letters is if anything more interesting today than it has been in years, and arguably more male too

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Civil Serpent's avatar

Thanks for writing this Conor. It’s something I’ve been reading a lot about and this is a refreshing and original take.

I will think of myself as priest like when I go and buy my physical copy of the paper tomorrow (I never, ever see anyone of my own age doing this now)

Speaking of priests and Ireland: was it you who said that Father Ted couldn’t have been made in any other decade but the 1990s? This was when the church had institutional strength (so worth making fun of) but when people felt increased freedom to satirise.

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