'Challenging, forensic, compelling' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England' SUNDAY TIMES 'Wonderfully evocative. Too honest, too nuanced and too deep for any party manifesto' MATTHEW PARRIS

England's most treasured national stories are being manipulated by culture warriors and populists for sinister political purposes.

In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author Tom Baldwin and influential thinker Marc Stears let the hot air out of the seven most over-inflated myths about England, bringing them back to earth where real people live.

Travelling from muddy water meadows in the Home Counties through ports and de-industrialised cities to the faded glories of seaside resorts and the trembling heart of the Establishment, England plots a new and hopeful way ahead for a nation that has spent too long arguing about the past.