Bruce Bawer
Oslo: Courage and Cowardice in Scandinavia
The cartoon controversy has cowed all the Nordic countries except Denmark
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Northern Europeans are tying themselves in knots about patriotism and identity politics
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal