"Rod Edmond brings an expert scholarly eye and poetic insight to a complex and fascinating project, drawing history, literature and contemporary social realities into his account."
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Winner of the nobel prize for literature, 2021
"A thrilling and urgently necessary read at a time of social division and agonised questions about Britain’s land and soul; questions about who belongs in Britain, and which world community Britain itself belongs to."
Bidisha
Journalist, broadcaster and novelist
