Holding Up A Mirror - How Civilisations Decline

A 76 year-old spinster living quietly on the outskirts of Exeter has emerged as a leading expert on the social forces underpinning modern Western civilisation. She believes our society is in its 'struggling on phase', and is doomed to collapse because it is increasingly driven by materialistic values and 'the hunger for pleasure'. Former Western Morning News news editor Alex Alexander reviews her 1996 book, Holding up a Mirror - How Civilisations Decline.

Alex Alexander