I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The U.K. is outward-looking, trade-oriented, growth-oriented, and we do not have enough of that storyline, that tradition, that culture within the European Union.
What's interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It's up for telling new stories.
Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.
Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story in the British Museum's collection than any other. Britain has been more connected with the rest of the world than any other country, for longer.
It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.
The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.
The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television.
Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.
Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the U.K. and its great people.
New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.
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