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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Howard Jacobson speaks up in defense of the metropolitan liberal elite.
He ponders why the word "elitist" has acquired such negative connotations in some fields - but not in others.
"It makes no sense to me to love the best when they are footballers or the SAS, but not when they are thinkers or even politicians".
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
He ponders why the word "elitist" has acquired such negative connotations in some fields - but not in others.
"It makes no sense to me to love the best when they are footballers or the SAS, but not when they are thinkers or even politicians".
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
Released:
May 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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