Open Magazine – August 06, 2019

5 august 2019 http://www.openthemagazine.com 17

Boris Johnson’s literary and journalistic output is phenomenal, with a

steady flow of political columns, two books on Rome, one on the history of Islam

(his grandfather was a Turkish Muslim immigrant), a collection of children’s

poetry, an unadmired novel and, most recently, a best-selling retrospective on his

personal hero, Sir Winston Churchill. Books come easily and quickly, but Boris’

true talent is for provocative journalism. He doesn’t do boring, and no one really

knows how that is going to play out in Downing Street. Or Clowning Street, as a

hostile Scottish newspaper has just re-christened it

Boris Johnson

outside

10 downing

street, July 24

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