Fortnightly 168
Fortnightly 168 is now out on Substack. I kick off with thoughts about English as a secondary subject and AI under the ‘thermostatic principle’ - Neil Postman’s term in 1979. Also, Claire Kilroy’s latest novel, Soldier Sailor, the beautiful new film of John McGahern’s novel That They May Face the Rising Sun, Marianna Spring’s book on Conspiracyland in the social media era, plenty of teaching and learning links, and Sir Thomas Wyatt.
Audio corner: this time I read Shakespeare’s slippery sonnet 138: