Thomas W. Hodgkinson

Proof that the British hardly ever had a stiff upper lip

Thomas Dixon’s Weeping Britannia proves that only empire stemmed the flow of our tears

issue 10 October 2015
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  • Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears

    Thomas Dixon

    Oxford University Press, pp. 456

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