Editor: Tony Linsell.
The English, like other nations/ethnic groups, share a sense
of community and belonging that comes from a shared history,
culture, ancestry, and language. Membership of such a community
depends on very much more than where you happen to live or
are born. "If I had been born while my mother was travelling
in Japan I would not be Japanese, and if I went to live in
Scotland I would not become Scottish."
Many English people feel that their communal interests and
very existence are denied by a British state which is intent
on promoting an inclusive British history and identity. A
competing English identity is clearly seen as an inconvenience
- something to buried and forgotten. Thus, for example, Newton,
Shakespeare and Cromwell cease to be English and are relabelled
as British.
This collection of 44 easy reading essays, stories and poems is a powerful
assertion of English communal roots and identity. The book looks at the ethnic English and the issues facing our community.
