The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old as the land itself. In this text Robert Winder tells of the remarkable migrations that have founded and defined a nation. Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2004.
Prisoners of Geography meets The World is Flat in a groundbreaking new study.
The family: no relationship is more important, more powerful, or more enduring. Or potentially more destructive. Since the early 1980s, Granta has published fiction, memoir, biography, and reportage inspired by the most important institution in our lives. The best, and at times the most disturbing, pieces are collected here, including “Where He Was: Memories of My Father” by Raymond Carver; “Memoirs of a Bootlegger’s Son” by Saul Bellow; “Sugar Daddy” by Angela Carter; “Ramadan” by Mona Simpson; “Impertinent Daughters” by Doris Lessing; “Family Album” by Mikal Gilmore; “The Names of Women” by Louise Erdrich; and “The Up Escalator” by Bret Easton Ellis.