MICHAEL WOOD ON…
“Could Brexit spell an end to Britain’s history of soft power?”
On 17 July 1897, shortly after Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, published an extraordinary poem, on the same page as the queen’s letter to the people expressing gratitude for the surge of public affection. The poem was written by Rudyard Kipling. Its title was , referring to the hymn sung at the end of a church service, when clergy and choir withdraw. With
