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Goodlord’s Rent Horror

By: Nathalie Olah

In a novel that takes the form of a long email to an estate agent, poet Ella Frears explores the housing crisis through the abstract and automated technology of an increasingly widespread online lettings platform.

Sacked Goodlord workers and their supporters protest at the offices of Goodlord. (Photo by Guy Smallman / Getty Images)

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A figure that has long spelled fear, resentment, and rage on a personal level has more recently acquired literary status. Of course, landlords have featured in novels and plays for as long as either form has existed. Pick a stupid but obvious example: Mr Toad is a character that most of us encounter in early […]

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A figure that has long spelled fear, resentment, and rage on a personal level has more recently acquired literary status. Of course, landlords have featured in novels and plays for as long as either form has existed. Pick a stupid but obvious example: Mr Toad is a character that most of us encounter in early […]

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A figure that has long spelled fear, resentment, and rage on a personal level has more recently acquired literary status. Of course, landlords have featured in novels and plays for as long as either form has existed. Pick a stupid but obvious example: Mr Toad is a character that most of us encounter in early […]

A figure that has long spelled fear, resentment, and rage on a personal level has more recently acquired literary status. Of course, landlords have featured in novels and plays for as long as either form has existed. Pick a stupid but obvious example: Mr Toad is a character that most of us encounter in early […]

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