Cast List: 8. The Echo of a Coffee House

8. The Echo of a Coffee House

The Rest Is History

Episode: 8. The Echo of a Coffee House
Website: The Rest Is History
Feed URL: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/031c2dcb-c66c-42b5-819e-2452031fe4f9
Duration: 00:46:24
Published: 2020-12-07 04:00

Social media has colonised the world but is it really a new phenomenon? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate the effects of technical innovations from the printing press to Twitter. Do they really make a difference? Or was Swift right when he said: “It is the folly of too many, to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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