Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Critic from ‘The Times’ James Marriott widened eyes and darkened horoscopes recently with his extended piece on the decline of reading and the terrible ways in which this affects people and society. Here are my responses to a topic placed squarely in my wheelhouse!

The original Substack piece:
substack.com/home/post/p-173338158

My email - joespivey197@gmail.com
My Instagram - joe_spivey_

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