Patrick Wright meets the philosopher Roger Scruton, who argues that the EU has encroached on the fundamentals of Englishness: the common law, and the landscape. Show more
Patrick Wright begins the second series of his examination of English identity under threat with Orwell's famous essay in the face of Nazi aggression, 'The Lion and the Unicorn'. Show more
Patrick travels through John Betjeman's London to explore the poet's contempt for the town planners, or 'plansters', that he accused of wrecking the England he loved. Show more
Patrick Wright focuses on Barbara Castle, the Red Queen, the Englishness of her socialism and her fierce resistance to English culture being subsumed by the American Vulgar. Show more
