Charles Turner

Charles TurnerCharles Turner teaches sociology at Warwick University.

Letter

Nothing to Offend

5 January 2023

‘Venice is the only city I’ve been in, with the possible exception of Cambridge, where there was nothing to offend the eye,’ Alan Bennett writes – ‘possible’ presumably prompted by thoughts of the Lion Yard shopping centre (LRB, 5 January). 

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