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Alan Morrison on his new literary project Odour of Devon Violet
ALAN MORRISON wrote Odour of Devon Violet to juxtapose the attitudes and politics of the 1930s with that of today’s Con-Dem austerity culture
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
The UN blames gangs for Haiti’s turmoil, while ignoring decades of foreign intervention and support for an unelected government that lie at the heart of the country’s continuing crisis, says RUBEN BRETT
In the early stages of Tory-inflicted austerity, I noticed flea markets and antique emporiums — with quaint names and decor evocative of the depression-hit 1930s — popping up in great numbers in boarded-up shop premises.
Complementing this change of mise-en-scene was the historic local art deco building the Dubarry Perfumery by Hove station near to where I lived.
But this retro was not confined to retail — it also pervaded the social attitudes of Tory austerity. It was presaged by an attitudinal nudge towards 1940s blitz nostalgia — that notorious “We’re all in this together.” Bakelite rhetoric as if to stiffen our collective upper lip in the wake of massive public spending cuts.
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