I’d like to tell you about the place that I used to call home. Imagine a place in the South of France – a broad landscape of flat, salty marshland. If you turn to the right and look out towards the sea, you will see a lighthouse, and my great-great grandfather built this lighthouse.
Read MoreAlternatives are limited. My multicultural friends in Melbourne often resent 'anglos' and their sense of self-evident linguistic and cultural centrality. But forces of resistance are dispersed.I like lists. One of my favourites is the yearly list of 'Global Cities', major nodes in the world system, ranked in order of importance.
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