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Join us for ‘A Very English Chat’

by | 9 Mar, 2026 | Communities, Leadership and Change

Caroline Lucas choosing The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP as one of her objects of Englishness as part of the 'A Very English Chat' campaign

We were thrilled to be featured in last Saturday’s edition of The Guardian alongside Caroline Lucas, Kojo Koram and Billy Bragg for the launch of A Very English Chat, our approach for engaging people in a far less toxic, polarising and more inclusive way of discussing that very messy of concepts: Englishness.

Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate

The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2026-03-07T10:06:14.955Z

Billy Bragg chose Marmite as one of the objects that’s he choose while former Green Party leader and MP Caroline Lucas chose The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP.

Billy goes a little deeper on his Facebook page about what Englishness means to him.

What would you choose to express the concept of Englishness? It could be a cultural motif, a building, a famous person living or dead, an event, a landmark.

Email us, find us on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky or visit the A Very English Chat’s campaign website.

Written by Andy Green

Andy Green is a specialist in innovation and creativity, social capital, storytelling and strategic communications developing new ideas and tools to transform how to engage and create communities of social changemakers.

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