Nick Spencer
@nickebs.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Theos. Author of Magisteria. Host of Reading our Times.
Christian humanist. Graecophile,Person of the Book. PEW Literary Agents.
Christian humanist. Graecophile,Person of the Book. PEW Literary Agents.
Yes, I think that's right. (25+??) years ago the Fabian Society published a report called A Better Choice of Choice which made that point well. It's also made, more poetically and more horribly, by Larkin's sonnet To my wife, which begins "Choice of you shuts up that peacock-fan/ The future was"!
July 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yes, I think that's right. (25+??) years ago the Fabian Society published a report called A Better Choice of Choice which made that point well. It's also made, more poetically and more horribly, by Larkin's sonnet To my wife, which begins "Choice of you shuts up that peacock-fan/ The future was"!