An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.
England
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Possessed by Music
Unraveling the mystery of the shirtless hippie who danced at countless rock shows in the UK during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Dangers of Being a Tiny Island
After a few rich outsiders bought the Island of Eigg, the islanders bought their island back.
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The Unknowable Diana, 20 Years On: A Reading List
Why were we personally affected by a woman few knew and even fewer ever understood?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Grenfell Tower: London, England’s ‘Katrina Moment’
How gentrification, apathy, and government negligence failed the residents of Grenfell Tower.
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Grenfell Was No Ordinary Accident
Henry Wismayer reports on the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. The worst fire disaster in London since the Blitz during World War II, the blaze claimed 80 lives. To outsiders, London, England may appear to be a “a paragon of functioning multiculturalism,” however the Grenfell fire has become England’s “Katrina moment” — the catastrophic […]
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Stories are Everything: A PJ Harvey-Inspired Reading List
Frank Matt, inspired by PJ Harvey’s 2011 album Let England Shake, shares an article that resonates for each song on the record.
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Will London Fall?
In an increasingly insular Britain, the world’s most cosmopolitan capital is bracing for an uncertain future.
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The Grim Reaper of Pubs
Tom Lamont’s exhaustive 2015 deep-dive on the death of pub culture in England is worth re-reading, considering the role a bar plays within a community.
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Happy and Unhappy Messes: On Working as a House Cleaner in London, England
At The Independent, Michele Kirsch reflects on working as a cleaner in London, England, and the fascinating, unspoken social rules that keep the cleaner-cleanee relationship “shipshape and Bristol-fashion.”