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Notes from an Uprooted Englishwoman

Everything changes, nothing lasts forever: these are facts we are all expected to live with. Unless your name is Nigel, in which case a formal request has been sent for your assistance in raging at the dying of the light.

A pub landlord over in the UK is asking every Nigel in the world to head through his doors next year for a prestigious event known as “Nigel Night.” And if you scoffed as you read that sentence because it seems unlikely we’ll find any Nigels to send, you should know that the last Nigel Night in 2019 included a guest all the way from Texas.

Nigel isn’t a common name in America...