{"id":353941,"date":"2026-06-19T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dear-england-writer-why-britain-needs-a-new-story\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:00:02","slug":"dear-england-writer-why-britain-needs-a-new-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dear-england-writer-why-britain-needs-a-new-story\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dear England\u2019 writer &#8211; why Britain needs a new story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/38Zp8nFR8mg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Dear England\u2019 writer - why Britain needs a new story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38Zp8nFR8mg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At a time when Britain feels increasingly fragmented, playwright and screenwriter James Graham believes the country faces a deeper crisis than politics alone can explain.<\/p>\n<p>From the collapse of community spaces and growing loneliness to the impact of AI, social media and declining trust in institutions, Graham argues that Britain is losing the social bonds that once held it together. But he also believes there&#8217;s a way back.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to the writer behind Sherwood, Dear England and Brexit: The Uncivil War about national identity, class, culture, storytelling and why Gareth Southgate may offer a model for rebuilding social cohesion. They discuss the future of the arts, the rise of populism, whether politics has lost the ability to tell a compelling story, and what happens when a society stops creating shared experiences.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when Britain feels increasingly fragmented, playwright and screenwriter James Graham believes the country faces a deeper crisis than politics alone can explain. 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