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Don’t believe what Donald Trump says about Sweden. Immigration works well there
In the third and final part of a series of posts about modern Sweden (parts one and two can be read here and here), I look at immigration, and the crime problems that many neo-cons claim it has caused. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Europe, History, Immigration, Islam, Media, Politics, Sweden
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Sweden, a land where consumer has never been king
In the second part of a three-part series of posts about modern Sweden (the first part can be read here), I look at Sweden’s weather, its inhabitants’ supposed shyness, and how Swedish consumers fare when it comes to buying alcohol … Continue reading
Sweden: how a ‘dull country’ is still worth living in
In the first of a three-part series about modern Sweden, I look at what twentieth and twenty-first century writers have to say, and how the reality of life in Sweden compares to the euphoria or opprobrium that it often provokes. “I … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Europe, History, LIterature, Media, Politics, Sweden
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A word of advice to the National Trust’s new Director-General: urbanise
It’s been an eventful six years for the National Trust’s Director-General Helen Ghosh, who’s announced she’ll be stepping down in April 2018. She’s been constantly bombarded with criticism from right-wing newspapers ever since her appointment in 2012. When she suggested … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Balliol, Conservation, Countryside, Environment, History, National Trust, Northamptonshire
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Victoria’s secret: how a carbuncle got away with it
Building Design magazine’s awarding of its Carbuncle Cup for this year’s worst new building to Nova, a new office and retail development around the corner from London’s Victoria Station, sets off predictable reactions. How could it have been built? Who … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, History, London, Planning, Transport, Victoria
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Peterborough: how an ancient city became a New Town
There are few pleasures like exploring an unfamiliar town on foot for the first time. A new series of posts on this website, In Praise of Ordinary Places, looks at Middle England towns that are overlooked by tourists (Oxford, Bath and Stratford-upon-Avon … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Brexit, History, In Praise of Ordinary Places, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Planning
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Northampton, a town that needs to grow up and become a city
There are few pleasures like exploring an unfamiliar town on foot for the first time. A new series of posts on this website, In Praise of Ordinary Places, looks at Middle England towns that are overlooked by tourists (Oxford, Bath and Stratford-upon-Avon … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, History, In Praise of Ordinary Places, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Planning, Retail, Transport
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To win next time, Labour must overcome its Midland problem
Theresa May is utterly humiliated, forced to rely on the Democratic Unionists for a majority. Jeremy Corbyn has exceeded all expectations. Far from losing ground, Labour made a net gain of 30 seats – not just in the north and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Elections, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Midlands, Northamptonshire, Politics, Theresa May
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The big surprise of this election campaign? Not how badly Theresa May has fared, but how well
A screeching U-turn on long-term care bills. Uninspiring, robotic TV appearances – and several non-appearances at leadership debates and Today programme interviews. An inability to think on her feet, answer unscripted questions from the public, show herself as a team … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Elections, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Politics, Theresa May
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If Macron wins it proves that despite five years of terror, France can resist the siren calls of fascism. I’m not sure Britain could
Imagine that a terrorist had shot dead four police officers, in two daylight attacks on the streets of Winchester and Southampton, a few months before the 2012 Olympics. After a few days at large he attacks the playground of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Europe, France, History, Islam, Politics, Terrorism
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