Progressive Politics, Popular Culture, and Public Memory in Contemporary Britain

In which our intrepid author agrees to write a book about how both politicians and cultural producers vie to tell ‘progressive’ stories about Britain’s, and British culture’s, past.

Tony Blair (left) shaking hands with Oasis’s guitarist and lead songwriter Noel Gallagher at a reception at 10 Downing Street in 1997, while Alan McGee (to the right of the picture), head of Oasis’s record company Creation, looks on (PA).

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This post is part of the ‘Research and Reflections’ occasional series, consisting of pieces based on my ongoing academic research, as well as on my musings on and responses to current affairs and personal developments.