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'D'Ancona makes his case well... The book is well written and
thoughtful' -- The Times 'A heartfelt attempt to renew liberal
ideals for the coming decades... How sorely our public debate needs
others to express themselves similarly.' -- Henry Mance, Financial
Times 'An urgent and exhilarating account of how populism,
prejudice & polarisation have corrupted objective truth and
public discourse. D'Ancona's sparkling prose provides an
explanation of how we got here and, crucially, how we might get
out.' -- James O'Brien 'A book so rich in thought, wisdom and
persuasion I find myself sharing the ideas within it with everyone
I meet... In the much-mourned absence of Christopher Hitchens,
d'Ancona is fast becoming the voice of enlightenment for our
bewildered age.' -- Emily Maitlis 'A tonic for our times that blows
open any complacency following Trump's defeat that the demise of
populism and nativism is inevitable. In beautifully written prose,
D'Ancona puts forward hopeful ideas and timely inspiration for a
progressive politics to replace it.' -- David Lammy 'A brilliant,
lucid, fearless tract, just what the historical moment ordered.' --
Andrew O'Hagan 'D'Ancona's regular practical suggestions help to
take it beyond mere theory and into the real world...
Decision-makers would do well to read it.' -- Charlotte Henry, TLS
*** This is a call to arms. The old tools of political analysis are
obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose.
We've grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures
such as Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of the populist Right,
things will eventually go 'back to normal'. Award-winning political
writer Matthew d'Ancona invites you to think afresh: to seek new
ways of challenging political extremism, bombastic populism and
democratic torpor on both Left and Right. In this ground-breaking
book, he proposes a new way of understanding our era and plots a
way forward. With rigorous analysis, he argues that we need to
understand the world in a new way, with a framework built from the
three I's: Identity, Ignorance and Innovation.
'D'Ancona makes his case well... The book is well written and
thoughtful' -- The Times 'A heartfelt attempt to renew liberal
ideals for the coming decades... How sorely our public debate needs
others to express themselves similarly.' -- Henry Mance, Financial
Times 'An urgent and exhilarating account of how populism,
prejudice & polarisation have corrupted objective truth and
public discourse. D'Ancona's sparkling prose provides an
explanation of how we got here and, crucially, how we might get
out.' -- James O'Brien 'A book so rich in thought, wisdom and
persuasion I find myself sharing the ideas within it with everyone
I meet... In the much-mourned absence of Christopher Hitchens,
d'Ancona is fast becoming the voice of enlightenment for our
bewildered age.' -- Emily Maitlis 'A tonic for our times that blows
open any complacency following Trump's defeat that the demise of
populism and nativism is inevitable. In beautifully written prose,
D'Ancona puts forward hopeful ideas and timely inspiration for a
progressive politics to replace it.' -- David Lammy 'A brilliant,
lucid, fearless tract, just what the historical moment ordered.' --
Andrew O'Hagan 'D'Ancona's regular practical suggestions help to
take it beyond mere theory and into the real world...
Decision-makers would do well to read it.' -- Charlotte Henry, TLS
*** This is a call to arms. The old tools of political analysis are
obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose.
We've grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures
such as Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of the populist Right,
things will eventually go 'back to normal'. Award-winning political
writer Matthew d'Ancona invites you to think afresh: to seek new
ways of challenging political extremism, bombastic populism and
democratic torpor on both Left and Right. In this ground-breaking
book, he proposes a new way of understanding our era and plots a
way forward. With rigorous analysis, he argues that we need to
understand the world in a new way, with a framework built from the
three I's: Identity, Ignorance and Innovation.
Welcome to the Post-Truth era- a time in which the art of the lie
is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we
know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump's victory; the rejection of
climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have
been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what
does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies
and 'alternative facts'? In this eye-opening and timely book,
Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political
lies, exaggeration and spin. What is new is not the mendacity of
politicians but the public's response to it and the ability of new
technologies and social media to manipulate, polarise and entrench
opinion. Where trust has evaporated, conspiracy theories thrive,
the authority of the media wilt and emotions matter more than facts
. Now, one of the UK's most respected political journalists,
Matthew d'Ancona investigates how we got here, why quiet
resignation is not an option and how we can and must fight back.
For Ginny, the new house represents a new start: a room of her own
where she can research her book on the psychology of fairytales and
recover from a bitter divorce. The last thing she's looking for is
romance. But her young neighbour breaks down her defences. Sean
cooks her delicious meals and rescues her from a drunken attack by
her ex-husband. His only eccentricity is the locked room in his
house that he forbids her to enter. It can't contain anything
sinister, can it? Ginny can't resist finding out. But when she
opens the door, she is propelled into a horror story, rather than a
fairytale.
London can be as pitiless as it is bountiful. No one knows that
better than Mia Taylor. From a gilded life of privilege to a shabby
alternative health centre in London's East End in the space of
weeks. The violent tragedy that propels Mia east also pitches her
unwittingly into a bigger history, a modern legend of migration and
change. Mia's new life brings her into contact both with a
kaleidoscope of characters who inhabit the extraordinary city of
London and the burning issues that will mould its future. Politics
and racism, corruption and betrayal, poverty and decadence, all
smoulder side by side as the capital blazes into the new
millennium. Out of the ashes emerges Mia: a troubled, questing
woman who hopes to find herself by going east.
In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three pieces of a New Testament manuscript on the murky antiquities market of Luxor, Egypt. He donated these papyrus fragments to his alma mater, Magdalen College in Oxford, England, where they sat in a display case and drew very little attention. Nearly a century later, the fragments--part of the Gospel of Matthew and thought to date from a.d. 180-200--were reevaluated by scholar Carsten Peter Thiede. His research showed the bits of papyrus to be significantly older, written about a.d. 60. But what is all the fuss about? How can three ancient papyrus fragments be so significant? How did Thiede arrive at this radical early dating? And what does it mean to the average Christian? Now readers have authoritative answers to these pivotal questions, in a book written by Thiede himself and by Times of London journalist Matthew d'Ancona, who originally broke the story to the public. Indeed, the Magdalen Papyrus corroborates three traditions: Saint Matthew actually wrote the Gospel bearing his name; he wrote it within a generation of Jesus' death; and the Gospel stories about Jesus are true. Some will vehemently deny Thiede's claims, others will embrace them, but nobody can ignore THE JESUS PAPYRUS.
'D'Ancona makes his case well... The book is well written and
thoughtful' -- The Times 'A heartfelt attempt to renew liberal
ideals for the coming decades... How sorely our public debate needs
others to express themselves similarly.' -- Henry Mance, Financial
Times 'An urgent and exhilarating account of how populism,
prejudice & polarisation have corrupted objective truth and
public discourse. D'Ancona's sparkling prose provides an
explanation of how we got here and, crucially, how we might get
out.' -- James O'Brien 'A book so rich in thought, wisdom and
persuasion I find myself sharing the ideas within it with everyone
I meet... In the much-mourned absence of Christopher Hitchens,
d'Ancona is fast becoming the voice of enlightenment for our
bewildered age.' -- Emily Maitlis 'A tonic for our times that blows
open any complacency following Trump's defeat that the demise of
populism and nativism is inevitable. In beautifully written prose,
D'Ancona puts forward hopeful ideas and timely inspiration for a
progressive politics to replace it.' -- David Lammy 'A brilliant,
lucid, fearless tract, just what the historical moment ordered.' --
Andrew O'Hagan 'D'Ancona's regular practical suggestions help to
take it beyond mere theory and into the real world...
Decision-makers would do well to read it.' -- Charlotte Henry, TLS
*** This is a call to arms. The old tools of political analysis are
obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose.
We've grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures
such as Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of the populist Right,
things will eventually go 'back to normal'. Award-winning political
writer Matthew d'Ancona invites you to think afresh: to seek new
ways of challenging political extremism, bombastic populism and
democratic torpor on both Left and Right. In this ground-breaking
book, he proposes a new way of understanding our era and plots a
way forward. With rigorous analysis, he argues that we need to
understand the world in a new way, with a framework built from the
three I's: Identity, Ignorance and Innovation.
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