Tag: culture

Bleak House and Fahrenheit 451, beside each other

What the reader discovers upon comparing Charles Dickens with Ray Bradbury

October 18, 2025

Almost by chance, I picked up Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 to read the same day that I finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The choice was serendipitous, for reasons only obvious to the restless wanderings of a mind wearied of the hyped-up buzz of today’s post-literate society. (I am being coy, of course; one might … More What the reader discovers upon comparing Charles Dickens with Ray Bradbury

A society broken

August 10, 2011

If you live in the UK, you won’t need to be told that over the last few days some crazy riots have been breaking out first in London and then spreading like wildfire across the nation. This bizarre phenomenon, to helpless morally-centered social analysts like me (that’s a rather grand title), is indicative of an … More A society broken