Patrick McGuinness reads his diary from our 6 June issue about his family’s hometown of Bouillon in Belgium. He reflects on the linguistic and national barriers he crossed to return there each year and on the changes wrought on the town by the end of the industrial era.

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Diary: Back to Bouillon

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