Boundary issues

This week, why is Britain so isolated on refugee policy? Also, some thoughts about defining cities, and in search of the centre of Europe.

Forgive me if this week’s newsletter is rather bittier than usual. I was away for a long weekend, I’m in the middle of another exciting round of “Omicron or Man Flu?” and even by the standards of the last few years the past week’s news is not conducive to coherent thought. On Sunday, the Russian government reminded everyone it had a massive pile of nuke…