What 5 objects define your story of England, Englishness, or being English, or not? #averyEnglishchat campaign launched by @growsocialcapital.bsky.social to tackle growing division & polarisation in run up to #StGeorgesDay
What's you 5 objects?
Andy Green FRSA
Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate
Billy Bragg, Sarah Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefacts
For some people it’s a Morris Minor, for others, a beach windbreak, chicken tikka masala or Magna Carta.
A new campaign is aiming to collect 50 objects that sum up Englishness in an effort to move the conversation away from reductive arguments over whether to hang a St George’s flag or not. Continue reading...
