Englishness is not defined by ethnicity | Letters
Maariyah Seedat wonders at what point does her family become ‘English’ enough, Mark James Slater has always regarded himself as British and not English. Plus letters from Dr Richard Seabrook and Alan BakerJason Okundaye’s piece on defining Englishness…
No island of strangers: why I’m using art to unite a fractured nation
Fear of outsiders is the defining issue of our times. But is it actually our own selves we’re scared of? And could art hold the answers? Here, the British Art Show’s curator reveals why he’s exploring our deepest dreams and nightmaresOne of the moral low…
Of course you can be English if you’re not white. So why can’t the right leave the question alone? | Jason Okundaye
Even Jacob Rees-Mogg pushes back on defining Englishness in exclusively ethnic terms. But the endurance of this discourse is still deeply troubling Can you be English and non-white? It’s a question that keeps stubbornly resurfacing in our political…