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NessInOnett 4 points ago +4 / -0

He has an interesting background. Theodore Dalrymple is a pen name, his real name is Anthony Malcom Daniels.

His father a communist, his mother a jew and a Nazi refugee. He's an atheist and a conservative.

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Orwellthatendswell 3 points ago +3 / -0

He also spent his career working as a doctor in prisons and hospitals in low-income areas, both in the UK, and Africa.

Unlike a lot of cultural critics, he's been in the trenches.