Robin Cook, the foreign secretary, characterised this view in a speech in May celebrating chicken tikka massala (a harmonious marriage of subcontinental spices with very British gravy) as the national dish.

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The curators don't do a particularly good job teaching art history, but this is nonetheless a very handsome show, installed with great sensitivity to harmonious visual groupings.

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