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Hi, I'm Anouche and for this special episode of the New Statement podcast,

I'm joined by the writer Gary Young, artist Jeremy Della and the New Statement Editor-in-Chief,

Jason Cowley, to discuss British national identity, coinciding with a special issue,

guest edited by the actor Michael Sheen. This special issue, a dream of Britain, is on

Newstands now and explores issues of class, culture and our sense of national identity in Britain.

I'm joined by three people who have contributed to the magazine. Gary Young is a professor of

sociology at Manchester University, former Guardian columnist and the author of five books about

British and American identity. Jeremy Della is an artist best known for work exploring ideas

around British history, identity and pop culture. He won the Turner Prize in 2004 and during the

2017 general election campaign he created a poster bearing the words Strong and Stable My Ass,

referring to Theresa May's election slogan, copies of which were seen in windows across the country.

And Jason Cowley is editor-in-chief of the New Statement, whose latest book,

Who Are We Now, Stories of Modern England, is out this week?

Thanks all for joining me. First of all, I want to go around and ask each of you what is the first

thing you think of when you try and put your finger on British identity and is there even a British

identity? So Jeremy, you're sitting next to me. Why don't you go first?

Very boringly. I'm going to say maybe the landscape.

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