But the dealings are so dense (and so complicated by the cultural tussles across the language frontier, between French and Flemish speakers), that we start to wonder if Roskam is determined to lose us in the murk.

NEWYORKER: Bullhead

Wales's language disputes are certainly nothing to those of Belgium, where personal relations between the Flemish and Walloon communities can be rancorous, or of Quebec, where English-speakers have left in droves. (In fact, the English continue to come to Wales in substantial numbers, something many language activists deplore.) Even those who do not speak the language say they are proud of it.

ECONOMIST: The Welsh language: Patriot games | The