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The world-island of England – review of The Island by Stephen Walter

posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2015 by derek 0 Comment

THE WORLD-ISLAND OF ENGLAND The Island: London Mapped Stephen Walter, foreword by Peter Barber, London: Prestel, 2015, hb., 143 pps., £15.30 It is a cliché to say London is unlike the rest of England. It is original to take this trite conceit one stage further, and depict the Great Wen as an actual island, set… Continue reading →