Amusingly enough, a text by J.R.R. Tolkien, (Oxford Don who wrote some books which the _hoi polloi_ seem fascinated with) which decries the industrialization of Oxford has just been published:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232514895-the-bovadium-f...

which is a hoot, esp. when paired w/ his _Mr. Bliss_.