The Essay

A Sense of Ourselves

Monday 11 February 2008 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Four writers and immigrants to Britain give the outsider's perspective on modern Britishness.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

1/4. Jamaican poet James Berry came to Britain 60 years ago as part of the Windrush generation. He talks about the process of rethinking the idea of Britishness he had absorbed as a child of Empire and his subsequent efforts to bring Caribbean culture to bear on Britishness through literature.

The Essay

Episode and Playlist Information

• 20 Feb 08 Death & Philosopher
• 19 Feb 08 Death & Philosopher
• 18 Feb 08 Death & Philosopher
• 14 Feb 08 A Sense of Ourselves
• 13 Feb 08 A Sense of Ourselves
• 12 Feb 08 A Sense of Ourselves
• 11 Feb 08 A Sense of Ourselves
• 7 Feb 08 Great Essayists
• 6 Feb 08 Great Essayists
• 5 Feb 08 Great Essayists