8. The Echo of a Coffee House

<p>Social media has colonised the world but is it really a new phenomenon? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate the effects of technical innovations from the printing press to Twitter. Do they really make a difference?</p><p>Or was Swift right when he said: “It is the folly of too many, to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.”</p><p><br></p><p>A Goalhanger Films &amp; Left Peg Media production</p><p>Produced by Jack Davenport</p><p>Exec Producer Tony Pastor</p><p>Twitter:</p><p>@TheRestHistory</p><p>@holland_tom</p><p>@dcsandbrook</p><p>Email: restishistorypod@gmail.com</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>