One one in ten residents in England take the same view as Reform’s candidate for Gorton and Denton.
Articles on Britishness
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Celebrating literary anniversaries centres on many things including cultural connection, nostalgia, pride and a sense of belonging.
Windrush has turned out to be a defining moment in telling the story of Britain, with writing by Caribbean migrants fundamental to exposing the realities of the British empire.
Grayson Perry’s Full English is a timely celebration of regionalism and its capacity to provide a basis for a productive version of Englishness.
Appeals to social organisation are about knowing one’s place, a particularly English preoccupation.
Can you only ever truly ‘belong’ in Britain if you aren’t white?
The “card scene” from the much-loved Christmas film was parodied by both parties. Boris’ use of it of it showed a keen awareness of the allure of an awkward British bad boy
New research suggests that refugees and family migrants are more likely to report a British identity than economic migrants.
Gibraltarians are famously proud to be British. But amid the uncertainty of Brexit, some are having an existential identity crisis.
Since 1997, the ways people in the UK define their nationality has rapidly changed.
A survey of British Remain supporters living elsewhere in the EU after the referendum found feelings of shame and loss about what they felt their country had become.
Gibraltarians have their own unique sense of Britishness, but in many ways it’s a recent development.
Children in the 1940s were brought up believing that European identity was the way forward – so what went wrong?
British comedy has always revelled in self-reflexive parody. Now, following Brexit, perhaps the re-nationalisation of British comedy is nigh.
Baking offers some interesting insights into the state of the modern world.
Research shows how locals thrive from adapting to the heritage cultures of their new neighbours.
Euroscepticism, referenda and debates about national identity: the similarities betwen Switzerland and the UK are striking.
An extra £1.2 billion of public money is going to a volunteering scheme for teenagers.
In its home territory of the UK, a mention of the word “Aga” immediately conjures up an image of middle-class, middle England, where the Aga cooking stove is the aspirational kitchen feature. No country…
The controversy over the Trojan Horse allegations of “extremism” at a number of Birmingham schools has provoked much discussion concerning the need to teach and assert British values to children. There…
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