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9 September 2021

Subscriber of the Week: Alexander Bullett

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I’m an A-level student.

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Blackdown Hills, Somerset.

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I wish!

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Long-time reader, but recent subscriber.

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I’ve always enjoyed the podcasts; the magazine was the next logical step.

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In the garden!

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International politics.

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Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan.

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Priti Patel.

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Christopher Hitchens’ final interview, by Richard Dawkins.

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This article appears in the 10 Sep 2021 issue of the New Statesman, The Eternal Empire