He is not a refugee; or rather, a claim on his part to be a refugee will get him nowhere with the Home Office. Who is oppressing you?, the Home Office will say. From what are you fleeing? From boredom, he will reply. From philistinism. From atrophy of the moral life. From shame. Where will such a plea get him?
Youth. J.M. Coetzee
My cultural awakening: a 60s folk band helped me find my place as a person
of colour in Britain
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Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that
kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted,
subversive...
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