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Innit Innit Boys And Super Eagles
Aniefiok Ekpoudom | Guardian | 23rd January 2025 | U
Football is integral to British-Nigerian identity. Such professionals have long chosen to travel abroad to play for Nigeria. They are known as "the innit innit boys". "Families spread across continents, frayed by the aftershocks of colonialism and war and political turbulence and economic turmoil, reuniting briefly under the banners of the Super Eagles. For 90 minutes, Nigeria is whole" (3,400 words)
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How Art Lost Its Way
William Deresiewicz | Persuasion | 6th January 2025 | U
Lament for the lost art of criticism, which was killed by the triple threat of journalism cutbacks, writers distracted by "the discourse", and consumers' unwillingness to expand their horizons. "What’s missing is a broader sense that art is urgent business, that your life, in some sense, depends on it. With that goes not only the possibility of meaningful criticism, but also its point" (2,500 words)
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