When it comes to keeping public discourse moderate in tone, measured in content and focused on persuasion rather than coercion, most of us would expect more from a politician than a pop star. Recently, PBP politician Richard Boyd Barrett and pop idol Ed Sheeran showed this can be completely the other way round. Ed Sheeran,…
Richard Boyd-Barrett, the monks, the singer and the billionaire
Richard Boyd-Barrett. Photo: Wikimedia Commons /
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