Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind

What do the English think? Every country has a dominant set of beliefs and attitudes concerning everything from how to live a good life, how we should organize society, and the roles of the sexes. Yet despite many attempts to define their national character, what might be called England's national philosophy has remained largely unexamined—until now. Philosopher Julian Baggini pinpointed an area on the outskirts of Rotherham as England in microcosm—an area which reflected most accurately th...