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“Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.”

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Peter York

Peter York, born in 1943, is an accomplished author whose works span various genres, including literature, history, and social commentary. York's writing is renowned for its profound thought and unique perspective, which has had a significant impact on contemporary literature. more

“By the late Nineties, we had become a more visual nation. Big-money taste moved to global standards - new architecture, design and show-off contemporary art. The Sloane domestic aesthetic - symmetry, class symbolism and brown furniture - became as unfashionable as it had been hot in the early Eighties.”

“Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity sorrows. She taught me to read the subtext of the down-market celebrity interview, she knew all the Hollywood codes, and followed the deep backgrounds.”

Helping Eye Girl Poverty Worry Taught Sorrow Hollywood Backgrounds Code Interviews Britain Rays Scandal Blair Subtext

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“Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing just one thing struck them as a decorative display opportunity tragically lost.”

Book Opportunity Lost Rooms Saws One Thing Filled Colour Just One Display Shelves Never Quit Decorators

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“Eponymous brands aren't that popular with analysts and investors now. You can only take an eponymous brand with a living figurehead so far, they argue. What happens when they grow old and die? What happens when they misbehave and go seriously off-brand?”

Happens Dies Grows Arguing Brands Investors Analysts

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