The Anglosphere is not the only great European cultural block: Mr Ghemawat calculates that by some measures Spain's ties with its old colonies are even closer than Britain's.

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The other shortlisted buildings were An Gaelaras, a cultural centre in Derry, and The Angel Building, a renovated 1980s office block in Islington, London.

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