James Hawes

Will the next generation wonder what the fuss over Brexit was about?

Robert Tombs thinks so, and aims to show how we can come together to build a new settlement and heal our fractured nation

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issue 23 January 2021
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  • This Sovereign Isle: Britain, Europe and Beyond

    Robert Tombs

    Allen Lane, pp. 203, £16

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