Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties w/ Owen Hatherley & Ash Sarkar

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Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties w/ Owen Hatherley & Ash Sarkar

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The 2000s in Britain was a decade of education, regeneration, falling inequality and Dizzee Rascal. But beneath the fleeting prosperity lurked a culture of cruelty. It was palpable in politicians’ disdain for single mothers, in the media’s vilification of chavs, and in TV producers’ obsession with pointing and laughing at just about everyone – but don’t […]

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Feb 22, 2024

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