KINSELLA: Queen Elizabeth II, antidote to perpetual uproar Via kinsellawarren
Uproar: so said the English poet John Keats in a letter to his brothers, in January 1818. George III was the king in that year, and the world was beset by slavery, cholera, and wars in Europe and the West. It was a time of great instability and turmoil and chaos.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
What he wrote to his brothers George and Thomas was as true now as it was then. In 1818, as in 2022, uproar is ubiquitous. It cannot be missed. In Africa, in places like Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and the “Democratic Republic” of Congo, millions have been displaced by war and drought and Ebola and famine, and millions more are starving. Elsewhere, in places like Myanmar, there is genocide, with tens of thousands murdered and raped.
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