Shades of top nation elation in Ramaphosa's state visit to U

27 November 2022 - Historian Simon Schama’s phrase, “top nation elation” came to mind as I mulled over the pomp of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit to London and the vestigial tokens of the long, part rewarding, part tortuous relationship between Britain and the world.

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