Listen "Monarchy, diversity & William Blake. An Idler Drinks thought"
Episode Synopsis
William Blake was against the monarchy. But might his Georgian loathing of the homogenising, conforming tendency of tyrannical rule have been utterly transformed by the coronation that opens the Carolean era?My piece at The Idler, "The Marvellous Oddity of the Coronation" is here - https://www.idler.co.uk/article/the-marvellous-oddity-of-the-coronation/For more on Idler Drinks - https://www.idler.co.ukFor more on Mark Vernon - https://www.markvernon.com
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