The greatest cancellation

Warriors against cancel culture have been loudest in calling for a republic

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d And some were cancelled. NO. THAT LAST CLAUSE did not come from Shakespeare. Richard II did not sit upon the ground and tell sad tales of the cancellation of kings. But if certain people have their way, his heir and successor, according to law, Elizabeth II, may. I imagine you have in your head some likely candidates who might call for the overthrow of the Crown: an immediate past Leader of the Opposition, or a Guardian columnist; a student with a taste for cancellation would certainly be in that crowd, as might…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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