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Newspapers are Good for Burning
As the nights draw in, one type of paper burns brighter than the rest
A4 sheets pack too tightly for fire, glossy leaflets reveal a plastic secret in their colorful cremation. The greatest fuel for night-time warming undoubtedly comes from the slightly grey print of the national press.
Ironic then, that of all the written word, newspapers are fast becoming the best thing to burn for the content they provide.
This makes your own written word more essential than ever.
Newspapers are in legacy form, picked up by the elderly as a decades-held habit — a yearning for grounding amid anxiety-inducing headlines.
In Britain, the centuries-long link to the printed daily is making these death throws particularly extreme, yet the same story is being told the world over.
Context is everything
Without the press, few people would have known anything about the movements within broader society, or indeed, know anything at all.
