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ROGER LEWIS

Empty Wigs By Jonathan Meades Unbound £25 Sensitivity editors qualified in Diversity Awareness Training at any conglomerated house would have 40 fits combing through Jonathan Meades's manuscript. The N-word turns up, as does the assertion 'wogs begin at Calais'. Jews have 'enormous snozzles', which use up an unfair share of oxygen. Paedophilia is not a crime but 'expressions of fondness'. Middle Eastern fundamentalism is the property of 'superstitious illiterates' and 'superstitious barbarians,' who have no intention of civilising themselves, as they rather enjoy acts of terror. The Third Reich was green before 'green' ever was – so bully for them. And so on and so forth. Sexism, racism, old bufferism, Islamophobia – all the shibboleths are present. Luckily for Meades (and for us), his enlightened publisher, the crowdfunded Unbound, can…

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