World on a Raft: How the English Channel Became Humanity’s Latest Border-Theatre
The English Channel, that soggy trench of history where Napoleon’s fleet once bottled up and where the White Cliffs of Dover have served as the world’s most over-celebrated retaining wall, has lately become the planet’s most watched aquatic catwalk. Every dawn, satellite lenses, coast-guard drones, and tabloid long-lenses zoom in on a flotilla of inflatable…