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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

What is England? – Setting seven national myths straight

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What is England? Well, that depends on the myths and stories you listen to. Are these tales more fiction than fact? In their new book England: Seven Myths That Changed A Country – and How to Set Them Straight authors Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears seek the reality of England’s national story. They join Ros Taylor in The Bunker.    We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit.    Buy England: Seven Myths That Changed A Country – and How to Set Them Straight through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too.    Support us on Patreon.   Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Assistant Producer: Adam Wright. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk     Instagram | Twitter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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For a long time I didn't really think much about England.

1:18.0

I'm really very English grew up here except for six months of the student lived here all my life. And then came Brexit and all of us who followed it have been forced to think about what makes England,

1:28.7

England, why a majority of English and Welsh people didn't want to be part of the EU any longer,

1:34.0

whether we should have thought a bit more about what Englishness is.

1:38.0

And joining me today are two people who have spent a lot of time thinking about it recently,

1:42.0

Tom Baldwin and Mark Steers, the who have spent a lot of time thinking about it recently.

1:43.0

Tom Baldwin and Mark Steers, the authors of a new book about England.

1:47.0

Tom's also the author of a biography of Kiea Starma,

1:50.0

and you may have heard me talking to him on the bunker recently about that.

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