Name change reveals a nostalgia for empire

ON Tuesday, October 14, you published a letter from John K Kidney indicating that he would like the name of Cobh changed to “Queenshaven.”

Name change reveals a nostalgia for empire
Tue, 21 Oct, 2003 - 01:00

It was either a spoof or laden with irony. Then again Mr Kidney might not have been joking.

But help is at hand. I can assure him that he is suffering from what the late and much lamented Edward Said diagnosed as the syndrome known as ‘post colonialism.’

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