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The state of the Anglosphere

From Public History Review, a special issue on historical representation in the Anglosphere. From City Journal, Joel Kotkin and Shashi Parulekar on the State of the Anglosphere: The decline of the English-speaking world has been greatly exaggerated. An interview with David Goodhart on immigration and multiculturalism in Great Britain. A review of Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States by by David Hackett Fischer. Sam Leith considers the divisions between British and American rhetoric. Where is conservatism heading in the English-speaking world? This question is currently being answered in the four countries of the Anglosphere —- namely, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Britain —- in four distinctive ways. From Rabble, a look at how Canadian triumphalism is increasingly bizarre, but Canadian cultural nationalism lives. From Quadrant, Patrick Morgan on the geo-political case for a Big Australia. God Save the Queen: Why the British monarchy may not outlive Elizabeth. Long Live the Queen: Intellectuals tend to snobbishly decry any love for royalty, but the British would be crazy not to exploit their unique national asset.