Readings

Five years ago, no one could've predicted the scale, shape and substance of today's Internet, from how social networks work to the invasion of surprisingly conventional forms of commercialization into the web's every corner. What of the web's once bold promise of social transformation? We hash out what's happened with Tim Carmody of The Verge.

There's a lineage of middle and upper-class British pop stars, actors and chefs who've affected a Cockney accent as part of their persona—whether opportunistically or as a form of tribute. Then the Chav came along. Does how we speak say anything about the person we are?