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27 January 2011updated 05 Oct 2023 8:02am

Philip Pullman bashes the “big society“

The author attacks the "big society" and market fundamentalism as part of an impassioned defence of

By Helen Lewis

If the government thought that no one would fuss over a few library closures, they were wrong. Since the disclosure that local authority budget cuts mean that nearly 400 libraries are under threat, rumbles of discontent have been growing.

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