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Flaneurs, Fascists, and People Smugglers (Small Boats, Long Walks)

Simon Cole always loved the film Casablanca. Then 2020s life began to imitate 1940s art. Now he thinks he has found Walter Benjamin‘s mythical missing briefcase…

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Flaneurs, Fascists, and People Smugglers (Small Boats, Long Walks)

What goes on at Europe's borders, out of sight and out of mind? Simon Cole always loved the film Casablanca. Then 2020s life began to imitate 1940s art. Let's tease out treasure from the corridors of historical uncertainty.


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fat man’s folly

A narrow gap in a drystone wall or rock face ie one a fat man would be foolish to try to get through. A number exist in the Lake District bearing that specific name but it is also a general term in Cumbria for any narrow gap.

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