Addressing one of the most politically turbulent periods in modern British history philosopher Roger Scruton asks how in these circumstances we can come to define our identity & what in the coming years will hold us together To what are our duties owed & why? How do we respond to the pull of globalisation & mass migration to the rise of Islam & to the decline of Christian belief? Do we accept these as inevitable or do we resist them? If we resist them on what basis do we build? This book sets out to answer these questions & to understand the volatile moment in which we live Roger Scruton slices characteristically through the fog of debate with this sensible & profound account of our collective identity; essential reading for anyone interested in what it means to be British what that might come to mean in future & who wonders how we can define our place in a rapidly changing world