50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know Britain

A fast and furiously funny journey through our national memory. From self-delusions about size and stature to deceptions around the living links between empire, slavery, money and power. Mark Thomas is on a quest to remind us of the true and shared greatness of modern Britain. From self-deceptions on size, stature and space (clue: there’s more than enough for everyone if we lose the golf courses) to the living links between empire, slavery, money and power, this is Mark Thomas’ quest to remind us of the true and shared greatness of modern Britain. Structured as a list of fifty crucial ‘Things’, and fresh from a lock-down spent interviewing hundreds of NHS workers for the Wellcome Collection permanent archive, this is Mark Thomas at his provocative, passionate best.