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11:25 Tuesday 1.5.12

Sunder Katwala argues that the population has a strong...

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This Sceptred Isle

22:16 Sunday 22.4.12

Do paying taxes and contributing to society matter when...

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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk to my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

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Christie: Wales

10:10 Tuesday 3.4.12

Novelist Christie Watson talks about identifying with Wales and...

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Ian: London

11:27 Friday 23.3.12

Columnist and foreign correspondent Ian Birrell talks about being...

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For God, Harry and St George

12:50 Tuesday 1.5.12

Author and journalist Andrew Gimson asks whether St George’s Day can, or should, ever become for the English what St Patrick’s Day is for the Irish.

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Apply for our paid internship

18:10 Monday 30.4.12

A brief description of British Future's new paid...

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More calls for an English anthem

16:16 Friday 27.4.12

Following on from our director Sunder Katwala's letter to...

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British Future writes to the Prime Minister

16:02 Friday 27.4.12

Director of British Future Sunder Katwala wrote to David...

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How civic is the ‘new Scottishness’?

11:26 Friday 27.4.12

Academic Andrew Mycock argues that while the data from...

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British Future’s new report This Sceptred Isle released

13:31 Friday 20.4.12

British Future’s new report This Sceptred Isle aims to...

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Interviews: Do you want an anthem for England?

17:25 Thursday 19.4.12

British Future's fearless video reporter Richard Miranda went out...

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Challenges ahead in ethnic minority voting patterns

15:24 Wednesday 18.4.12

Demographic shifts "don't favour the conservative movement as currently...

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Lost Generation speaks out on unemployment

17:00 Wednesday 11.4.12

Recent graduate Richard Miranda argues that although job vacancy...

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A question of direction

11:07 Tuesday 3.4.12

Novelist Christie Watson talks about identifying with Wales and...

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Olympics can be exceptional moment

16:10 Thursday 29.3.12

London's Olympics can be an exceptional moment to show...

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“London represents me best”

11:27 Friday 23.3.12

Columnist and foreign correspondent Ian Birrell talks about being...

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Identity shifts

9:30 Friday 23.3.12

Richard was born in England, but moved to Florida...

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Muamba: Symbol of refugee struggle and success

17:03 Thursday 22.3.12

The plight of footballer Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a...

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“Electorate should not be influenced by Toulouse”

16:36 Thursday 22.3.12

If the Toulouse killings do turn out to change...

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“Amis: Britain’s chief miserabilist”

16:09 Friday 16.3.12

Is Martin Amis' dispiriting 'state of the nation' novel...

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Rubbish Jubilee message for Queen from Greenwich

13:12 Thursday 15.3.12

Royal Greenwich needs to clean up its act, and...

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Review: Can We Talk About This?

11:55 Thursday 15.3.12

'Physical theatre' group DV8's latest production Can We Talk...

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“Plastic Brits” – and the Mail’s struggle to decide who isn’t British

17:55 Tuesday 13.3.12

The Daily Mail cannot seem to agree on what...

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“Cuts to English courses could impact integration”

13:27 Tuesday 13.3.12

Long-time teacher of English to new arrivals in this...

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Who are you calling a “Plastic” Brit?

18:54 Friday 9.3.12

The Daily Mail is campaigning against Plastic Brits, but...

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Review: Migrations: Journeys into British art

16:09 Tuesday 6.3.12

The Tate's new Migrations exhibition doesn't communicate the complex...

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Being British

14:43 Tuesday 6.3.12

There’s a lot of mixed feelings when it comes...

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Yorkshire, British or English? Answering the identity question

10:38 Tuesday 6.3.12

British Future went to York last week to join...

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How could the Conservatives reach out to non-white Britons?

18:17 Saturday 3.3.12

The Conservatives, according to an article in The Economist,...