# Our Culture, What's Left of It

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> **[Our Culture, What's Left of It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Culture,_What%27s_Left_of_It)**
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> Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses is a 2005 non-fiction book by British physician and writer Theodore Dalrymple. It is composed of twenty-six separate pieces that cover a wide range of topics from drug legalisation to the influence of Shakespeare. A common theme is criticism of modern society in Great Britain and, in many articles, social attitudes towards literature. The book was published by the Ivan R. Dee group. He generally describes British culture as a "moral