Bonfire the Vanities Is a Good Example of That

The 19 eighties is an era of back lash to that movement culture we talked about in the sixties and seventies, as a kind of pendulum swaying against some of the collective, radical um progressive politics which define that era. The celebration of extreme wealth while at the same time social programmes are being cut was very much a part of this ethos. In the latest episode of c spans, the weekly, we remember christopher hitchins by playing some of his top ents on sea span,. He hated, things he loved, and a few times he made us laugh.