Less Ordinary

I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards. I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.

Friday, 3 July 2015

#45 Eliane Glaser, Four Thought

R4 Four Thought, Eliane Glaser, discussing deference.

"Deference, we are constantly being told, is dead. Pedestals are crumbling, or at least it's now ordinary people who are placed on them, like in Antony Gormley's fourth plinth installation in Trafalgar Square"

Image from the BBC.

Audio clip

Less Ordinary

Friday, 3 July 2015

#45 Eliane Glaser, Four Thought

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