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Difficult questions to answer
Rio asked me whether Rupert Brooke was a racist, based on the lines
And Royston men in the far South
Are black and fierce and strange of mouth;
[…]
In Grantchester their skins are white;
wherein he is obviously saying that Royston folk are bad and Grantchester people are good.
This led into an interesting conversation.
And Royston men in the far South
Are black and fierce and strange of mouth;
[…]
In Grantchester their skins are white;
wherein he is obviously saying that Royston folk are bad and Grantchester people are good.
This led into an interesting conversation.