OPINION ‘Plant based’, Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman — what I’d cancel if I could
over 3 years in Standard
Do you know anyone who’s been cancelled? No, me neither. Yet not a day goes by without a politician, comedian, author or historian claiming — on social media, in the pages of mass-circulation newspapers, and flagship news shows - that “cancel culture” represents a threat to free speech or a proper celebration of our nation’s heritage (ie, one that doesn’t mention slavery or anything else uncomfortably icky).