Radio 2: The Last Imperial Broadcast—How Britain’s Middle-Aged Mixtape Just Might Rule the World
The BBC’s Radio 2, that venerable sound-track to British middle age, has lately become a diplomatic incident waiting to happen. From Jakarta to Johannesburg, expats tune in via VPNs, pretending the shipping forecast still concerns them, while governments from Brasília to Beijing monitor its playlist for signs of imperial relapse. After all, when a 55-year-old…