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England made them

Simon Goodman (Coventry): “It’s Not Racist to Impose Limits on Immigration”: Constructing the Boundaries of Racism in the Asylum and Immigration Debate. From Metropoles, Philip Booth (Sheffield): Community, Cooperation and Metropolitan Democracy. From New English Review, David Hamilton on social engineering through architectural change (and more on architecture and tradition) and on the neglect of English classical music. From Literary Review, England made them: A review of Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family by Jeremy Lewis (and more and more and more and more); and wake up, England: A review of What Ever Happened to Modernism? by Gabriel Josipovici (and more). A review of The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective by Robert C. Allen. Norman names such as William, Henry and Alice have been popular for 1,000 years — why did the English copy their invaders? A review of Is God Still An Englishman: How We Lost Our Faith (But Found New Soul) by Cole Moreton (and more on how the Church of England is being replaced by the Church of Everywhere and Nowhere). A review of The Future of Multicultural Britain: Confronting the Progressive Dilemma by Pathik Pathak. Johann Hari on the slow, whiny death of British Christianity. Revisiting London: What happens when you return to a destination you once knew, only to find it unrecognizable? From The Spectator, how Jewish are the Milibands? The contradictions of identity: An interview with Gary Younge. From Alternative Right, Sean Gabb writes in defense of the British Empire. From DHA Communications, here are 20 essays exploring the future of the public and not-for-profit sectors over the next ten years. A review of Before Wilde: Sex between Men in Britain's Age of Reform by Charles Upchurch. A review of Turned Out Nice: How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up by Marek Kohn.