England’s Founding Father
How a 10th-century warrior-statesman forged a unified England and why his legacy still matters in our identity-obsessed day.
Ralph Leonard
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How a 10th-century warrior-statesman forged a unified England and why his legacy still matters in our identity-obsessed day.
Toby Young talks to Robert Tombs, Cambridge history professor, about why he supports Brexit, why so many of his colleagues don’t, whether the English intelligentsia’s loathing of their country is a uniquely English characteristic, and what their reaction is likely to be if the United Kingdom does eventually