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Harriet Dolby: Whatever happened to ‘British’ history?

Paddington bear nationalism is simply not enough to see our way through future conflicts or national crisis. Lucy Powell better get it right, it starts with this next generation: the members of Generation Alpha in our classrooms now.

Harriet Dolby: Whatever happened to ‘British’ history?

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Paddington bear nationalism is simply not enough to see our way through future conflicts or national crisis.

Lucy Powell better get it right, it starts with this next generation: the members of Generation Alpha in our classrooms now.

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Paddington bear nationalism is simply not enough to see our way through future conflicts or national crisis. Lucy Powell better get it right, it starts with this next generation: the members of Generation Alpha in our classrooms now. We need something more robust, more resolute.

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