Letters show McQuaid’s astounding arrogance
The powerful now zap off emails, text messages and make mobile calls to minions and yes-people to ensure their ‘will be done’ (cf The Lord’s Prayer), asap.
The instantaneity and seeming disposability of modern communications will pose particular problems for old-school historians of the future seeking tangible documentary evidence of how power works in particular ways, in particular places, at particular times.
