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JOHN DOWNING & THE BELGIANS

Date: June 15, 2023 - Fit to Print?

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ERUDITE INDEPENDENT writer John Downing normally gives his newspaper titles a slightly higher tone but what are we to make of Downing’s apparently whimsical column recently about “famous Belgians”? Beginning with indignation about “trite… banal… smart aleck” types who sneer at Belgians, Downing quickly moved on to claim “you could wallpaper a fair-sized room with… Read more »

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