Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate
by Robyn Vinter, North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#742NR)
Billy Bragg, Sarah Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefacts
For some people it's a Morris Minor, for others, a beach windbreak, chicken tikka masala or Magna Carta.
A new campaign is aiming to collect 50 objects that sum up Englishness in an effort to move the conversation away from reductive arguments over whether to hang a St George's flag or not.
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