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EXILE - Harriet Alexander Ep 18

Oct 22, 202029 minEp. 18
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Episode description

Journalist Harriet Alexander has traded in England's green and pleasant land, a land of country squires, cream teas, PG Tips and Emmerdale to become an exile in the USA. It was Oscar Wilde who said:

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."

So is the USA a place of decadence? Find out in this episode.

Read Harriet in the Daily Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/harriet-alexander

Find out more about Rob Goldstone: https://isanenglishmanin.com

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