From theguardian.com
Orgies, vampires and jewel-laden tortoises: it’s time we buried the myths of decadence in art
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Is western civilisation being destroyed by its own decadence? Was the Roman empire? And does a preference for Lord of the Rings over The Matrix indicate that we are all doomed? Our critic tries to sift fact from fiction …
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