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A Nation At Home

We used to laugh at the same joke, in the same week. Now we scroll alone. That is a political choice, not a fact of life

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Naomi Smith
Aug 19, 2026
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“Pride in the nation and its shared life has collapsed, because bridging, the harder work of mixing with people who are not like us, needs shared spaces to happen in.” - Naomi Smith

In January 1989, fourteen million people watched Del Boy fall through a bar. He leaned back to play it cool for Trigger, the barman had lifted the flap, and down he went. The…

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