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Jonathan Emmesedi Mar 25, 2024

Good column from Kenan Malik appealing for a turn from the psychological to the social.

The sharp witted and thought provoking Observer columns from Kenan Malik and Martha Gill compensate for the tiresomely unfunny Adrian Chiles during the week.

We think loneliness is in our heads, but its source lies in the ruin of civil society | Loneliness | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/mar/24/we-think-loneliness-is-in-our-heads-but-its-source-lies-in-the-ruin-of-civil-society

#KenanMalik #MarthaGill #AdrianChiles #TheObserver #TheGuardian #BritishJournalism #ChristopherLasch

We think loneliness is in our heads, but its source lies in the ruin of civil society

Forty years ago, a US historian claimed that social changes were severing communal bonds. He was right

The Guardian

louknightsmccudden Jan 24, 2023

"Having made an estimated £200m fortune in banking Sharp did not take the role as BBC chair for the £160,000 salary, which he gives to charity, and has sought to tackle what he sees as its inherent liberal bias driving for impartiality in news."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/23/richard-sharp-pale-male-stale-bbc-chair-with-friends-in-high-places

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