Book of the Month January 2023 - The Social Distance Between Us

The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain by  Darren McGarvey 


I've just finished reading this book.
Please read it.
Nothing else has given me so much hope that we can transform society into something more compassionate and more equal.
I might just read it again.



Real wordsmiths like Darren McGarvey only come along once in a generation. He can craft a sentence the way Delia Smith can craft a soufflé - and (let's imagine eating a Delia Smith soufflé) when you take a bite, the centre is even better than it looks on the surface. 

At the centre of Darren McGarvey's beautiful sentences is a message we would all do well to taste and consume: a lack of proximity to one another is the rot that is destroying our society. The optimistic flip side is this: we need a new politics based on relationships and community. 

"The Social Distance Between Us" is transformative by making this radical change feel within our reach. We can do this. We have to do this.

Professor Helen Minnis

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