
Quarter Days and the Economic Outlook
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Evening newspapers, like vinyl records and rotary phones, are fading relics, all victims of the smartphones into which humanity is gradually burying its consciousness. But once, they were a vibrant part of daily life. Gr...
The Latest News and the Economic Outlook is an episode from Notes on the Week Ahead by Dr. David Kelly. Evening newspapers, like vinyl records and rotary phones, are fading relics, all victims of the smartphones into which humanity is gradu...
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Published Apr 13, 2026, 12:03 long, audio available.
Evening newspapers, like vinyl records and rotary phones, are fading relics, all victims of the smartphones into which humanity is gradually burying its consciousness. But once, they were a vibrant part of daily life. Growing up in Dublin in the 1970s and 1980s, there were two evening papers, the Evening Herald and the Evening Press. Sold at every street corner, they would distract commuters from the damp and discomfort of the tight-quartered, smoke-filled upstairs of double-decker buses.
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This episode was published on Apr 13, 2026.
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