‘We tangle and project, in exile; we make it up as we go along.’
Wikipedia, that great source of instant human knowledge, tells me that the concept of ‘no man’s land’ was used in the Domesday Book to describe the parcels of land just outside the London city walls. There were later usages – to do with land disputes, with executions, and with some other mar…
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What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
‘But Ireland is Ireland. It resists and relishes its own national images in equal measure.’
‘There is an apocalyptic feeling in the air. I write the day after the news that the IS have blown up parts of the ancient site of Palmyra.’
‘Possession takes many forms, and at the heart of it is death and dereliction, invasion and submission.’
‘The pieces in this issue of Granta are all concerned, in one way or another, with the difference between the world as we see it and the world as it actually is, beyond our faulty memories and tired understanding.’
‘What future youth movement might capture them, those international participants in virtual hunts?’
‘What strikes an ex-patriate most about the contemporary British novel is its conformity, its traditional sameness, and its realistically rendered provincialism.’
