What is Britishness today?
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Dame Fiona Reynolds (Newnham 1976), Master of Emmanuel College and former Director-General of the National Trust. In a world of rapid change and global, multicultural influences we explore the place that landscape, history and nature play in people’s sense of Britishness today.
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