Joe Moran

Joe Moran is a professor of English at Liv­er­pool John Moores University.

Gen Z and Me

Joe Moran, 16 February 2023

On the walk​ from the car park to my university building there’s a red telephone box, a classic K6 model. The other day, out of curiosity, I stepped inside and let the door thud behind me. It must be fifteen years, at least, since I last experienced that smell of stale urine and old takeaways. For a moment, the phone box became a Tardis and I was a homesick student ringing my parents,...

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