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NL Clay

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  • A photo of a bookish girl of the 1950s, reading Radio Times magazine.

    01 • About Clay Lane

    Question More

    NL Clay urges us not to put too much faith in the judgment of experts, as it is bad for us and bad for the experts.

    NL Clay

  • A photo of a ’fifties couple studying together at home.

    02 • Civic Literacy

    Straightforward English

    NL Clay warns that freedom and democracy will have little meaning unless the public can talk back to their governors.

    NL Clay

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