Multicultural Britain

This is the story of the making of multicultural Britain.

Connell, himself the descendant of Irish and German immigrants, grew up in inner-city Birmingham and takes readers on a journey into multicultural communities across the country at key moments in their history. By focusing on the towns and regions outside of the capital, Multicultural Britain shines a light on the messy contradictions at the heart of Britain's transition into the multicultural society we know today.

It highlights the vital role played by ordinary people in the making of multicultural Britain and takes aim at the politicians who - from Enoch Powell and Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair - too often legitimised racism for their own political ends. In tackling the question of how we became multicultural, Connell provides a fresh perspective on what, in the context of post-Brexit Britain, Black Lives Matter and the ongoing fallout from the Windrush scandal, remains one of the most important issues of our time.