The Tudor era has long been associated with the rise of nationalism in England, yet nationalist writing in this period often involved the denigration and outrig

Why is English national identity so enigmatic and so elusive? Why, unlike the Scots, Welsh, Irish and most of continental Europe, do the English find it so diff

Englishness is an idea, a consciousness and a proto-nationalism. There is no English state within the United Kingdom, no English passport, Parliament or currenc

A collection of articles about British studies relating to various political issues including: totalitarianism, individualism, pluralism, political parties, ele

It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an otherwise convulsed and unstable Europe; its political history a smooth sequence of admin