British identity in 50 documents

Published: Feb. 16, 2022, noon

Dominic Selwood chronicles Britain\u2019s past through a diverse \u2013 and sometimes unexpected \u2013 selection of historical documents, from birthday invites and Valentine\u2019s Day letters, to musical scores and shipping forecasts. Speaking with Emily Briffett, he explains what these can tell us about British identity past and present.\n \n(Ad) Dominic Selwood is the author of Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents (Constable, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anatomy-Nation-British-Identity-Documents/dp/1472131894/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices