# Why is everything poor quality and ugly?

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Podcast: [Jerm Warfare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jerm-warfare-7121194)
Published: 2026-09-08T10:49:05+00:00
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In this week's UK Column banter with Mike and Charles, we chat about leaving our cellphones in another room when we go to bed, and using analogue watches for the time and our alarms. We also ask why everything, from architecture to art to music, has become so poor quality, ugly and simplistic.

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