Why is the instinct to express your cultural identity in your home more compelling out of context?
I left my hometown of London for a fresh start in America what feels like a lifetime ago for a plethora of reasons. The most obvious culprits were my unhealthy childhood obsession with Judy Garland and the impulsive nature of youth, with the addition of a recent raw break-up. But, in truth, if I were to dig a little deeper, it was because I never felt British enough to call the city where I was raised home.
A novel sense of national pride came over me and I felt an urge to display my newfound love for my place of birth around our home. I hung a replica Shepherd’s Bush Tube station plaque on the wall, I framed a holographic postcard of the Queen and hung it in our bathroom, I placed a miniature Big Ben souvenir on our book shelf.
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