The Virtues of Restraint

A certain kind of Englishman is utterly convinced that his compatriots have the brains of a tuna fish. To him, British people are drunk on patriotism and imperial nostalgia. They need real history.

You can see him sidling up to you, smelling of beard oil and IPAs. He bets you didn’t know that Winston Churchill did some bad stuff. He’s sure you didn’t kno…