"It takes but simple logic to see that for a people to survive as a distinct cultural group"

In the UK, that horse has already left the barn. The government has finally acknowkledged that isolating different cultures is ghettoising and counter-productive. The way forward in the society we live in - rather than the one some Little Englanders would like to pretend we live in - is through cultural exchange, sharing, celebration and mutual understanding. And that means sharing and celebrating English culture as an important part of the mix.

Some of the best music England has ever produced has been the result of fusions between indigenous and more recent cultures.