5 thoughts on “Book Notes: “The Hermit in the Garden” by Gordon Campbell

  1. I presume he got the title from Tom Stoppard’s excellent play Arcadia which revolves around the mystery of who was the Sidley Park hermit. Sidley Park being the imaginary estate of the play which we see during the Regency and the modern day/1990s.Report

  2. Wonderful essay. The piece on inwardness reminded me of this piece I think Will linked to when it was published:

    https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/what-have-we-lost-in-shift-from-cigarettes-to-smartphones/

    I do think the ubiquity of little devices has done some weird stunting to us as people and as a culture. But maybe that feeling is itself timeless. I mean, I assume there was a hustle bustle of the day people were fleeing, or at least fantasizing about fleeing, for these little places.Report

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