{"product_id":"9781529017809-who-are-we-now","title":"Who Are We Now?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories of Modern England\u003cbr\u003eA riveting narrative account of an England poised on the brink of enormous change from one of our finest journalists and writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ePaperback of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Cowley, editor-in-chief of the\u003ci\u003e New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, examines contemporary England through key news stories from recent times.  He reveals what they tell us about the state of the nation and to answer the question \u003ci\u003eWho Are We Now\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI can’t tell you how refreshing it is in these polarised times to read a book on politics that doesn’t have an axe to grind . an essential read.' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning the years since the election of Tony Blair’s New Labour government to the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, the book investigates how England has changed and how those changes have affected us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCowley weaves together the seemingly disparate stories of the Chinese cockle-pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay, the East End Imam who was tested during a summer of terror, the pensioner who campaigned against the closure of her GP’s surgery and Gareth Southgate’s transformation of English football culture. And in doing so, he shows the common threads that unite them, whether it is attitudes to class, nation, identity, belonging, immigration, or religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe also examines the so-called Brexit murder in Harlow, the haunting repatriation of the fallen in the Iraq and Afghan wars through Wootton Bassett, the Lancashire woman who took on Gordon Brown, and the flight of the Bethnal Green girls to Islamic State. Fleshing out the headlines with the very human stories behind them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough these vivid and often moving stories, Cowley offers a clear and compassionate analysis of how and why England became so divided and the United Kingdom so fragmented, and how we got to this cultural and political crossroads. Most importantly, he also shows us the many ways in which there is genuine hope for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40760220975201,"sku":"9781529017809","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29607900.jpg?v=1751434737","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529017809-who-are-we-now","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}