It’s funny how things coalesce, isn’t it? Or maybe, they don’t coalesce at all. Maybe we just join the dots in patterns that suit our purpose.It started, then, with, I thought, some good news: Kazuo Ishiguro was named this year’s (2017) winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. The Remains of the Day is one of my favourite books - an enthusiasm that past students haven’t always shared. The novel’s protagonist,...