‘Generalisations about the national psyche – supposing there is one – must always be treated with suspicion.’
Generalizations about the national psyche – supposing there is one – must always be treated with suspicion. In 1997, the great crowds who mourned the death of the Princess of Wales with their tears, flowers and candles were taken as evidence that British behaviour had utterly changed. We were at…
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‘Indigenous chefs will tell you that their dishes are Indigenous, not Canadian. With the plate, these chefs demonstrate that the food is the land, and that the land is still theirs.’
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‘This might seem a lot of biographical significance to attribute to a single bad experience with a shepherd's pie.’
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Fatima Bhutto learns to make the perfect croissant.
‘Feelings of hate and despair dwindle as they pass down the generations.’
‘Always and everywhere, this unequal struggle to preserve and remember.’
‘It was a peculiar, alopecic landscape of hummocks and gullies, with patches of grass growing on what looked like white earth, and rarely a soul to be seen.’
‘Could grief for one woman have caused all this? We were told so.’
‘I worked a few hours a night for the hospital. It was a nothing job. I did some work, signed the card for eight hours, went drinking with the nurses.’
