Another England

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Who are the English? Today, the dominant story told about our national history solely serves the interests of the right. The only people who dare speak of 'Englishness' are cheerleaders for isolationism and imperial nostalgia.

But there is another story, equally compelling, about who we are: about the English people's radical inclusivity, their ancient commitment to the natural world, their long struggle to win rights for all. It puts the Chartists and the Levellers in their rightful places alongside Nelson and Churchill. It draws on the medieval writers and Romantic poets who emphasised the sanctity of the environment. And at its heart is England's ancient multicultural heritage, embodied by the Black and Asian writers the curriculum neglects.

Here, Caroline Lucas uses this alternative story to offer a progressive vision of what Englishness is and what it might be. Delving deep into our national history, she explores what England's progressive spirit can teach us about the most pressing issues of our time: whether the fraught legacies of Empire, the benefits of migration, or the accelerating climate emergency. And she sketches out an alternative Englishness: one that progressives can embrace to build a fairer future.

©2024 Caroline Luca (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

This is not just an inspiring, nuanced and deeply literate book, but that rarest of things – a necessary one.

JONATHAN COE, author of Bourneville

I love Caroline Lucas taking her own independent-minded journey into finding a better political future for England through its mythical and literary past.

SAMIRA AHMED

Another England is a visionary book, and it’s also written in the clearest, plainest, and most eloquent prose . . . The author’s awareness of the complex fullness of our history is steeped in the language and the landscape, and she sees all the more clearly because of it. I was profoundly impressed.

PHILIP PULLMAN, author of His Dark Materials

Insightful, inspiring and highly readable, in this book Caroline Lucas invites us to ask ourselves a long overdue question: what type of country do we actually want to be?

KOJO KORAM, author of Uncommon Wealth

Deft and wonderfully poetic . . . A fascinating and thoughtful reflection on one of the most fraught and important issues of our time.

GRACE BLAKELEY, author of Vulture Capitalism

Timely, passionate and perceptive . . . Another England tells a new story about England and Englishness, and sets out the possibility for a progressive politics of land, place and nation. This is vital reading.

ROBERT MACFARLANE, author of Underland and The Lost Words

Caroline Lucas is a shining light of integrity and values-based politics . . . This is a clarion call to define England and Englishness as our common ground, and a grounding for a transformation of politics and society.

KATE PICKETT, co-author of The Spirit Level

An urgent, vital book for our fractured nation . . . By showing us the alternatives in our past, Caroline points to alternatives in our future . . . stories that must be heard more urgently than ever.

NICK HAYES, author of The Book of Trespass

Essential and magnificent. This book fills a yawning gap, showing how we can create the progressive and inclusive sense of Englishness this country so urgently needs.

GEORGE MONBIOT, author of Regenesis

A progressive vision of the country’s literary and cultural history from the trailblazing MP . . . [Offers] much needed crumbs of hope for the future.

GUARDIAN

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I very much enjoyed this thought provoking and challenging listen. Lucas offers hope, realism and deep insight, she has helped me begin to get to grips with my own identity as a troubled woke patriot.
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