The Capital of the Human Race
Henry James on London in 1888: 'It is a real stroke of luck for a particular country that the capital of the human race happens to be British.' What, now, is the capital of the human race?
# posted by Bryan Appleyard : 2:08 PM
10 Comments:
At October 18, 2008 2:52 PM,
Simon said…
Los Angeles, although Shanghai is a good bet for the future.
At October 18, 2008 5:06 PM,
passer by said…
Just been to my local Tesco in Sheffield, full of young Chinese type people. Seems popular.
At October 18, 2008 6:59 PM,
monkeyboyblue said…
It's still London. It bloody is.
At October 18, 2008 7:30 PM,
elberry said…
Capital, surely. Mammon is very much the god of this poxy world.
At October 18, 2008 8:39 PM,
Mark said…
The internet. Who needs real cities any more?
At October 18, 2008 9:30 PM,
Rich Merritt said…
Duh! It's Wasilla, silly!
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At October 18, 2008 11:21 PM,
Dick Madeley said…
'T' or 'H'. Depends if you count the 'the'.
At October 19, 2008 12:52 AM,
Anonymous said…
Moscow. Mark my words.
At October 19, 2008 10:11 AM,
Nige said…
Carshalton of course.
At October 20, 2008 2:37 PM,
Tom P. said…
Ouagadougou. Just because it has a really cool name that is hard to spell.
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