What a good article in yesterday's Telegraph
by Christopher Howse!
Today, what we wear is ugly, though the meanest medieval labourer wore hand-made clothes. We can't name the stars, except the ones we see on TV. We can read, but can't be bothered to. We save time by driving, only to lose it by slumping on the sofa. We can't sing, can't dance, can't paint and can't drink politely in company. Yet we have the childish gall to patronise past centuries as inferiors.
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2 comments:
Work-life balance better or worse, do you think?
Worse-you had to worry a lot more about basic nutrition in the Middle Ages. To say nothing about disease, sanitation, disability, pregnancy, ....
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