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What Is England? What Is A Nation?

What Is England? What Is A Nation?

And: How Not To Win Hearts And Minds; Boy Scouts Surrender To Longhouse

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May 08, 2024
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Self in England’s idyllic New Forest, 2019. No snakes, no Sasquatches, only hobbits

How did I miss this fantastic Paul Kingsnorth essay from earlier this spring, about England? Yes, it’s about England, but it’s about what it means to be a people, especially in times of upheaval, such as we are living through. Kingsnorth takes up a new book by Peter Ackr…

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