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This Separated Isle
Edited by Paul Sng
Policy Press, £16
THIRTY-THREE beautifully photographed portraits accompany insightful interviews in this well-designed book, which brings together an eclectic range of individuals living in Britain today.
They come from the most diverse backgrounds, children of mixed marriages, first and second generation immigrants, white indigenous, Scottish, Welsh and English.
In her introduction Kit de Waal writes critically: “So many people in this book are unseen by a society that has become increasingly fixated on notions of its own history and identity, a society that wants to bask in the white light of its former glory while smothering any attempt to examine it too closely or at all.”
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