A journey from Dover to Anglesey in which the author explores English identity at a time when who we are and where we're going are live issues. A varied, if confused, picture emerges in which everything, from Robin Hood and St George to Bletchley Park and the prostitutes of 16th century Southwark, mixed up with the sometimes tatty everyday scene and the imaginings of counterculture, add up to something richer and deeper than the idea of a current selfie might suggest.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 87 Winter 2018 ) |
