Never mind the inherent multi-culturalism of any given society (irrespective of what balderdash Lizzie, WAV, or the BNP have to say on the matter), we are each and every one of us multi-cultural in terms of the influences that have defined and inspired every last damn thing of what we are. Our true cultural heritage is our subjective uniqueness which arises directly from how it was both acquired and perceived in the first place - and, indeed, continues to be enriched & inspired throughout our lives. It is this richness of idiosyncratic psycho-cultural complexities we ought to be celebrating - without sacrificing the essential individuality and uniqueness of that experience to a bunch of risible clichés which, according to their perpetrators, not only represent an overarching yet entiely bogus English Culture, but one we are somehow in danger of losing, giving rise to such specious bullshit as:

'ROOTS'is an inspirational song about England, about all that we have lost, which we have allowed ourselves to lose, through our apathy. It's very much about our loss of identity as well, for it seems that as a nation, we no longer seem to know who we truly are anymore. (from the Albion Heart myspace page)

As I've said in verse, English culture is taking a hammering and, when people lose their own culture, society suffers. (from Walkaboutsverse)

The rich legacy of tradition, legend, myth and very real wealth of landscape and man-made structures is one of our island's richest treasures. The men and women of the British National Party are motivated by love and admiration of the outpouring of culture, art, literature and the pattern of living through the ages that has left its mark on our very landscape. We value the folkways and customs which have been passed down through countless generations. We enthuse with pride at the marvels of architecture and engineering that have been completed on these islands since the construction of the great megaliths 7,000 years ago. (from the BNP Mission Statement)

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My own personal Cultural Heritage is more important to me than any faux-Englishness which has fuck all to do with my life and I dare say the vast majority of people living in England today, each of whom have their own unique and equally valid experience as individual and cultural human beings. For the record, here is a catalogue of my own Cultural Heritage from my own Myspace Page - entirely subjective, and by no means comprehensive:

Medieval Art in general; English Misericords; Eccliastical Foliate Heads; The Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture; Traditional Folk & Ethnomusicology; The Max Hunter Archive of Folk Song ; Le Sun Ra; Duke Ellington; Glen Sweeney; Richard Coff; Paul Minns; Third Ear Band; Peter Bellamy; Jordi Savall; Hesperion XX / XXI; Montseratt Figueras; Rene Clemencic; Rene Zosso; Oor Wullie; The Broons; Desperate Dan; Dudley D. Watkins; Anne Osnowycz; The Macclesfield Psalter; The Manband; Deke Leonard; Micky Jones; Martin Ace; Clive 'Clint' John; The Global Village Trucking Company; Robert Wyatt era Soft Machine; Robert Wyatt; Amazing Blondel; The Luttrel Psalter; Dave Cousins; Strawbs; Can; Henry Purcell; William Lawes; Gregorio Paniagua; Atrium Musicae de Madrid; Back Door; Spitting on a Roast; Les Baxter; Ron Baxter; Biddy Baxter; The Rasputin Reekers; Piobaireachd; Seamus Ennis; The Fall; Mark E. Smith; Daevid Allen; Christian Vander; Will Hay; Stan Laurel; Oliver 'Babe' Hardy; The Stone Tape; Magma; Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Frank Zappa; M R James; Karl Marx; Grouch Marx; Harpo Marx; Chico Marx; Zeppo Marx; Joy Division; New Order; Martin Denny; Ennio Morricone; Harry Partch; Jim Eldon; Don Cherry; Hatfield and the North; Matching Mole; Gong; The Nonesuch Explorer Series; Art Ensemble of Chicago; Ken Hyder's Talisker; Moondog; Davie Stewart; Dragon Ash; Groundhogs; Tony (T.S.) McPhee; Shirley & Dolly Collins; John Coltrane; Val Doonican; Rolf Harris; Scott Walker; Egg; Roger Nicholson; Jake Walton; Sarah Clitheroe; Hermione Harvestman; Sundog; Dr Strangely Strange; Incredible String Band; Robin Williamson; Duncan Williamson; Malicorne; Gabriel Yacoub; Alan Stivell; Lee Scratch Perry; Augustus Pablo; Burning Spear; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Joan Miro; Marc Chagall; Paul Klee; Edward Gorey; John William Waterhouse; Derek Bailey; Evan Parker; Han Bennink; Martin Carthy; The Watersons; Clamp;

I take this on board, and more besides, and continue to do so in the sense of a cultural wonderment that in no fucking way am I ever in danger of losing. The same is true of us all.