history is stuff that doesn't really connect with me in 2021i cant think of any other recent attempts to give a serious answer to that question but that was a serious answer. history, landscape, culture, politics, law
the thought of being anti-British leaves me just as cold as the though of being British but you're right, resisting the atmosphere is as formative as assimilating to it
Bragg's answer to that seemed to be in part rooted in the history of the Labour movement, English socialism and so on. The Welfare State of course. There are some progressive tendencies in British history much as it seems to upset everybody to try and acknowledge that. You could add in the multiculturalism we have, growing out of the Commonwealth. I think - when it works (i.e. my life)- this is something to be proud of.Boyle asked, what can be salvaged fromm this inhertiance, what can we be proud to call our own. which is not the same as saying i love imperial conquest slavery and the queen.
These are all great things which are generally not celebrated by wrapping yourself in the Union Jack.Bragg's answer to that seemed to be in part rooted in the history of the Labour movement, English socialism and so on. The Welfare State of course. There are some progressive tendencies in British history much as it seems to upset everybody to try and acknowledge that. You could add in the multiculturalism we have, growing out of the Commonwealth. I think - when it works (i.e. my life)- this is something to be proud of.