Here’s the lesson to learn from England’s World Cup joy: shared purpose is key, not shared ancestry | Maya Tudor

For years, we have sought ways to define and achieve national belonging. Surely the team and our attachment to it makes that possible When the final whistle blew just before dawn, and England had beaten Mexico in that encounter now hailed as a World Cup classic, glasses were raised and strangers embraced in pubs across England that had been granted special permission to stay open. In living rooms and student flats too, millions of people experienced something increasingly rare in modern Brita...

By Maya Tudor