"The lively intelligence of the essays... cannot and must not be dismissed as the rabid posturing of tired old traditionalists. The debate they ought to inspire is a debate our country desperately needs."
-- Chris Woodhead ― Sunday Telegraph
"Page after page of wise insights, acerbic observations, and (mostly) demonstrable propositions... likely to rule unchallenged for a long time to come."
-- Derek Turner ― Chronicles
"Dumbing down concerns us all. This book is an admirable protest against the process."
-- Sir John Keegan
"If there is hope at all, it lies in the existence of books like this."
-- Geoffrey Wheatcroft ― Daily Mail
"Bold, straight-talking polemic, Dumbing Down tackles the necessary questions of our time."
-- Marina Warner
"Dumbing Down raises important questions, which most of us would rather not hear, and which our public culture lacks the confidence to deal with."
-- Anthony O'Hear
"At last we have a map of the moronic inferno... perhaps, then, this volume may take its place in the canon of critique."
-- Laurence Coupe ― PN Review
"An entertaining and informative read, well worth £12.95."
-- Septimus Waugh ― Literary Review
"Well-selected and serious essays by known and established writers."
-- George Wedd ― Contemporary Review Ivo Mosley writes on politics and culture for many journals and newspapers, both mainstream and academic. Previous books (which include Dumbing Down and Democracy, Fascism and the New World Order, both for Imprint Academic) have been acclaimed 'book of the year' (Spectator), ‘entirely fascinating’ (The Week), ‘a book for our time’ (Telegraph); ‘At last! A guide to the moronic inferno!’ (PN Review) and ‘If there is any hope at all, it lies in the existence of books like this!’ (Daily Mail).
