![]() ![]() We don’t even call it that any more, we call it “late capitalism”, a phrase I used to like, because it made it sound like it was nearly over, but now hate, because it makes it sound exploitative and discourteous. ![]() Oh, there has been one other change, just a small thing, really: all our underpinning assumptions about capitalism. You would just think: “Is the market for slacks and Le Creuset pepper grinders still that hot?” John Lewis is there now, but these days is happy to be knowingly undersold, having dropped its 97-year-old slogan last year, although you wouldn’t notice to look around. Well, there are a load of Korean wares now – bubble tea, makeup – which is why this stranger’s children forced me there in the first place, but the M&S is still standing. Everything has changed, everything has remained the same. ![]()
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