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The Essay - English Takeaway

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Series exploring British perspectives of China

logo for The Essay - English Takeaway - 'China Stands Up': Maoist Peasant and English Leveller
The Essay - English Takeaway - 'China Stands Up': Maoist Peasant and English Leveller

Patrick Wright looks at how, in the mid-1950s, the artists Stanley Spencer and Paul Hogarth reacted to the People's Republic and its leadership in the company of various Labour MPs.

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The Essay - English Takeaway - 'Dumb-Walking-Man': Chiang Yee, the Silent Traveller

Patrick Wright looks at a rare Chinese book about London and the English Lakes, in which the author tried to make sense of British society by comparing it with his native land.

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The Essay - English Takeaway - Limehouse Chinatown: The Opium Wars Brought Home

Patrick Wright investigates the fabled loft of Dr Fu Manchu in Limehouse at the time of the 'Yellow Peril' scare.

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logo for The Essay - English Takeaway - The Great Exhibition and London's Chinese Junk
The Essay - English Takeaway - The Great Exhibition and London's Chinese Junk

Patrick Wright explores a time when British imperial grandeur collided with perceived Chinese primitivism.

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