A cultural essay examining how publishing gatekeepers shape what is printed, what is silenced, and how curated narratives define public reality. Explores historical patterns, modern media power, and the democratic stakes of epistemic control.

Peter Kahl’s essay critically examines systemic governance failures in UK higher education, including fiduciary opacity, epistemic clientelism, lobbying by charities, and administrative entrenchment. It proposes nationalisation with comprehensive fiduciary-epistemic reforms to restore accountability and justice.

Comprehensive thesis on institutional corruption, epistemic clientelism, and fiduciary breaches in UK higher education journalism, exposing elite dominance and democratic erosion.