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Are there still puritanical undercurrents in British culture?

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The British seaside may make you think of sunshine and candyfloss – but its edgy, rule-breaking undercurrent has inspired artists from Martin Parr to Morrissey to ... Despite a 'candyfloss culture' of sweet treats, bright sun and giddy day-trippers, it also has an edge: the promise of escape and excess. read more

There are many people that believe themselves to be secular in both thought and action, while at the same time treasuring their cultural institutions as objective and amystical. Society is still very much bound by these ancient religious constraints, and we are only at the very beginning of the long path to humanism and self-recognition. read more

In “The Journal of John Winthrop" and Williams’ treatise, “The Bloody Tenet of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience" many ideas that are still present in modern American life and culture are brought forward and explored. read more