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A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast

Perhaps a foreigner knows more about their adopted land than the locals, because a foreigner feels more acutely the particularities of a new environment. By Xiaolu Guo. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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