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Acknowledgments
A study of English cultural identity does not have to be written whilst its author is living and working at a castle in East Sussex, but it has certainly given focus to my thoughts that I am lucky enough to have been associated with one such place since 2006. I am most grateful to David Bevan and Bruce Stanley, executive directors at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle, for the support that the institution has given me throughout the project. In addition, I would like to thank all those students who took the “World War II and British Cultural Life” seminar and whose thoughts and comments have helped refine my own interpretations of the period. I would also like to thank Christian Lloyd, who introduced me to many of the antiquarian booksellers of the area and in doing so helped me acquire (literally) the material for this work.
Paul Richardson has once again been a most understanding editor throughout the process, and I would like to record my gratitude to him and all at Cambria Press for their dedication and care in seeing this work into print.
The support of my family has been crucial throughout, and I would like to thank my parents, Marion and Derrick, my sister Anne and brother-in-law John, and my aunt Diane and uncle Paul for listening to me as I delivered