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The Coming of the Kidult
Britain in the Noughties was obsessed with recapturing its youth – or perhaps more accurately never leaving it. As Will Self explains, young people grew up not into adulthood but to Kidulthood. It didn’t matter whether you were Jonathan Ross or Gordon Brown the Kidult accessory kit was available to all.
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