This is a delightful read. A slow read but only because I wanted to absorb the detail or went back to read bits. But this is weather. I found it readable and informative and Stuart Maconie's passion for his subject come across very well. Catch up... advance courtesy of Netgalley. ‘Whatever happened to Britain’s welfare state?’ asks writer, broadcaster and journalist Stuart Maconie. I loved it.'
Anyone who writes any kind of ‘political’ book these days, even one that is as much a memoir and a personal history as my own new book, risks being left looking foolish by the sheer, bewildering pace of the political weather, what Harold MacMillan called ‘events, dear boy, events’. Stuart Maconie looks into the ‘Nanny State’, the derogatory term used for public or nationalised services by people with money, people in power or, as Maconie says “people who had nannies”, “rich and privileged figures, mostly men, [who] have no need of the simple things this book celebrat I wasn't feeling too upbeat already as it goes, but finishing this love letter to the welfare state - four decades into the start of its managed decline, and now under a new Tory government which seems determined to finish what it started all those years ago - has just about finished me off. “There seems to be a fetish for political despair, people suggesting that this is the worst time there has ever been.
It's so relevant to the time that we are living in now. Skip to content. Book available from Tertulia Bookshop, The Quay Westport.
There were parts which read as if all governments since 1990 have been inept in their handling of the state, which I don't believe to be exactly true. Westival - Westport Music + Arts Festival. A slow read but only because I wanted to absorb the detail or went back to read bits. ‘Whatever happened to Britain’s welfare state?’ asks writer, broadcaster and journalist Stuart Maconie. Maconie, though, is optimistic. “They are emblematic of everything that’s wrong with the country now: phenomenally incompetent men who rose to power through no other ability than knowing the right people. As I finished it, an old Etonian called Boris - a character that satirists would not have dared invent for fear of seeming too cliched and absurd - had just inflicted the biggest defeat on Labour since the 1930s. As soon as I read the first page of this book I knew I was going to devour it very quickly.
Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription. And where did it all go wrong? Conclusion is fine in looking toward better alternatives, but without any real ways of how to get there. Please enter your email address below and we'll send you a link to reset your password. Sophie’s first book of the month was The Nanny State Made Me by Stuart Maconie. An excellent and very timely book. I was born a few years after Margaret Thatcher first became Prime Minister so my memories involve funding cuts being made to my school and my mother's worry over the introduction of the poll tax. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. (not at the book but at the actions of some politicians who are supposed to work for the betterment of the country). Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. We have recently updated our Privacy Policy. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published by Ebury Digital. I do enjoy reading Stuart Maconie. “He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell” – The Observer, Paulette Edwards is a presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield, Books, including selected signed copies or signed book plates are available through our Festival Bookseller Blackwell’s with free postage. Britain might not be as great as it once was but we can be proud of ourselves if we only see the way to making the NHS, schools, libraries, housing work for the people instead of for managers, stopping tinkering and fiddling for the sake of it and investing in the nation and its future.
In this timely and provocative event, Stuart looks towards Britain’s future, making an emotional case for believing in more than profit and loss, and championing a just, fairer society. If you have changed your email address then contact us and we will update your details. Political terminology, Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them. A future of decent public services for all - education, health, transport and a safety net for the poorest, and one which also valued culture with parks and libraries. His previous bestsellers have included Cider with Roadies and Pies and Prejudice. All rights reserved. Unfortunately there has been a problem with your order, Please try again or alternatively you can contact your chosen shop on. © 2020 Associated Newspapers Limited. What was wrong with all that? I have read several books by Maconie and this one has engendered similar feelings in me. The Nanny State Made Me by Stuart Maconie is published on Thursday (Ebury Press, £20) Books; Features; Welfare State; Most Popular. Maconie looks back with rose-tinted glasses to a life led under the glory days of state intervention. The Nanny State Made Me; Stuart Maconie 'The Nanny State Made Me is a vital piece of popular social history. Available in shop from just two hours, subject to availability.
His previous bestsellers have included. In the chapter on the NHS for instance, he quotes a doctor who is critical of waste within the NHS, she argues that Lack of money is not the problem, but poor managem. For the people's good, not the shareholders' profit. . This item can be requested from the shops shown below. This fascinating and well written social history should be mandatory reading. Simply reserve online and pay at the counter when you collect. It reminds us that a more equitable Britain once existed, and that if it happened once it can happen again - and might even be improved on this time round. And how, since 1979, we've gradually been dismantling it, leaving people vulnerable and with less rich lives. About this Event All ticket donations from this event go to Fans Supporting Foodbanks, South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services and WoW.
Stuart Maconie is a British journalist, author, DJ and television presenter, who has penned books on popular music, social history and British travel, as well as the acclaimed memoir Cider with Roadies.
Whilst i understand that the book is meant to be his political polemic on how dismantling nationalisation I feel that there is a lack of balance in the text. Topics are wide ranging, and only touched upon. It is a well researched, well thought out argument for all that was good about those things and why they matter. But I want to tell you that it was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, our brief new Elizabethan heyday, our 1960s cultural domination of the globe.
Arguably Maconie has picked the research to back himself up but doesn't every writer? Submit. It is drenched in nostalgia and desperate to resurrect the nation’s former spirit. Stuart Maconie looks into the ‘Nanny State’. Rather appropriately I finished this on the anniversary of VE Day. I am of the same generation as Maconie and from the same neck of the woods. This is a delightful read. Were a member of the ruling class to read it, they would probably react quite differently.
“There is no longer a national appetite for further privatisation, I think.
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“Of course they would. I am a child of the state. He speaks about the changes that took place after the second world war - the NHS, provision of council housing etc that have been progressively whittled away since 1979. The Nanny State Made Me and is an attempt to refute the bankrupt, empty narrative that we’ve been sold – literally sold – for forty years; that the state should be rolled back and that everything from the hospitals we are born and die in, to the water we drink to the houses we hope to live in, to the jails we hope to avoid is best left to the private businessman- and best done for the profit of shareholders. But Maconie is preaching to a demographic that already knows all this. ‘Whatever happened to Britain’s welfare state?’ asks writer, broadcaster and journalist Stuart Maconie.
These things were achieved by generations of children of the state. He is particularly good talking about the BBC and its sad erosion. However, Maconie becomes too misty-eyed to keep a focus.
Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. Maconie’s new book, The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it, is one of the most proudly British books of recent times. Refresh and try again. A day the country came out of a war with renewed hope and a promise of a brighter future. I grew up with Thatcher and Maconie in the north east of England and was interested to see what he had to say. It reminds us that a more equitable Britain once existed, and that if it happened once it can happen again - and might even be improved on this time round. He knows how to tell a story with pathos and wit and there is a lot of both in this book. Arguably Maconie has picked the research to back himself up but doesn't every writer? This is a celebration of the welfare state by Stuart Maconie and how the wonderful benefits that we've all experienced from it have been gradually eroded away year on year.
I am of the same generation as Maconie and from the same neck of the woods. Just because this winter has been cold, it doesn’t mean global warming isn’t happening. The nanny state means so much more to ordinary people like you and me, people who … This included dismantling the welfare state and privatising industry in order to “save” it. The heart of the book is five stars, an excellent survey of state sectors with interviews/trips across the UK. The book is written with Stuart's usual wit and repartee and for fans of his, there is plenty to enjoy. I received an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
The Britain of that era is now routinely depicted as a country at breaking point. ‘Whatever happened to Britain’s welfare state?’ asks writer, broadcaster and journalist.
Very nostalgic and a lot of politics focusing on the need for a social state for the benefit of the people. “I kept hearing this trotted out, but hang on, was it that bad? Read more Read less. This is the growing social and political emphasis on individuality and identity. The site uses cookies to offer you a better experience.
A lot of his opinions resonate, or I can at least see where he is coming from. Chapter after chapter of invective becomes tiresome.
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