The Cross (6/6): The Feeling that Dare Not Speak Its Name
In the modern world, many things have fallen by the wayside. The horse and buggy have been replaced by the car; the landline by the mobile phone; the type-writer by the computer. We may live to see the end of cars driven by humans, computers with keyboards, and supermarkets with human staff. But the modern world is also a story of unexpected survivors. Paper books are more popular than ever. Hand-crafted beer, urban bee-keeping, beards, fixed-gear bicycles and dressing as if one is a lumberjack—all are alive and well in modern, progressive cities. Though its death has long been prophesied,...