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THE appalling sanitation in Haworth, and its impact on living conditions, disease and death, was revealed in Benjamin Babbage’s shocking health…
<strong>Other lives:</strong> First professor of English studies at the University of East Anglia
For many of us, a national identity is an essential part of who we are. For others, it’s a source of division. National boundaries, like any boundary, imply that some are on the outside. As long as there’s an in-group, there must also be an out-group. But one important idea about national identity is that it provides a sort of “psychological glue” holding the citizens of a country together. It provides a sense of moral commitment to our fellow citizens. But there are concerns that the psychological glue holding the United Kingdom together has dried out and lost its sticking power. Gor...