🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham reminds Donald Trump that he once called Manchester "some town" "I don't hold it against you as the former mayor"

National taskforce launched to tackle misogyny and violence against girls trib.al/Wy2fUls

What's the connection between fascism and illiteracy? A third of British adults who used to read for pleasure don't anymore. And according to the OECD, literacy itself, not just the habit of it, is declining or stagnating across most of the developed world. In a new book, The New Dark Ages, @j_amesmarriott argues that we're living through a great unwinding: a retreat from the written word and the kind of rational, analytical mind that print culture built over five centuries, back towards something closer to the pre-literate world: one dominated not by books, but by images, screens, and short-form video. In this episode of The New Society, @tanjil_rashid_ is joined by @j_amesmarriott to ask: are we really heading back into the dark?

The poor bus driver , this is my town ! What is this country coming to! Assaults a driver and nicks the bus . This is so sad. Hope the driver is ok and his attacker gets what he deserves from the law . #telford

An incredible debacle: Pakistani Christians could face renewed persecution following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to withdraw an honour to a leading Muslim cleric, Mgr Michael Nazir-Ali warns in the next episode of Holy Smoke, available soon.

PM Andy Burnham reacts as Oxfordshire village of Piddington votes to leave UK over asylum housing plan bbc.in/4rj8Gmy

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