Make Britain Great Again
To reclaim an upward trajectory, the U.K. must relearn the habit of national agency.
By Tom Ough
A man of sturdy temperament, silver tongue, and swarthy countenance, Richard Francis Burton—born in Torquay in 1821—was better equipped than most Englishmen for undercover travel in Arabia. Laid low for a time in Karachi in 1848 by trouble with his eyesight, Burton began shaping a plan for …