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The new dark age

13 July 2024

9:00 AM

13 July 2024

9:00 AM

We have entered a new dark age. I’m not just referring to the situation in Britain since last week. Though if I were, that too would seem irrefutable. I mean in a far broader sense – that the world has entered a new dark age.

The first dark age was characterised by a lack of information.

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