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Memories of Basia’s ‘The Sweetest Illusion’ 29 Years Later

Memories of Basia’s ‘The Sweetest Illusion’ 29 Years Later

Basia’s The Sweetest Illusion speaks to my family’s migration from Poland to France, the US, and the UK. Like Basia, I’ve picked up various cultural ephemera along the way.

Pre-Brexit Optimism in Basia’s London Warsaw New York

Pre-Brexit Optimism in Basia’s London Warsaw New York

Sophisti-pop singer Basia's 1990 album, London Warsaw New York, speaks to a friendly pop-globalism and the spirit of internationalism that would lead to the forming of the European Union in 1993.