A book by an eminent Cambridge historian and an eminent Oxford ethicist that will counter the bad stories about Britain with a better one.

There is a need to tell a better story about Britain because bad stories are being told. These are 'bad' in the sense both of doing the historical facts an injustice, and of causing damaging political effects. One bad story currently dominant is one that portrays Britain as a systemically racist country, whose racism is rooted in its colonial history, which was nothing but a litany of worldwide oppression and exploitation. This bad story has real-time political consequences.

A Better Story About Britain will counter these stories with a better one - more historically honest, more appreciative of the legacy of Britain's past, and more hopeful about Britain's future.