England, Whose England?

• W. E. Henley wrote “What have I done for you, England, my England? What is there I would not do, England, my own?” in his poem “Pro Rege Nostro” in 1892, collected in For England’s Sake (1900).
• In 1915, D. H. Lawrence wrote his short story, “England, My England” – allegedly another roman a clef – which was collected eponymously in 1922.
• A.G. Macdonell followed in 1933 with England Their England,

• and in 1940 George Orwell wrote his essay “England, Your England” as the first part of The Lion and Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius. It was printed separately in 1953 in England Your England and Other Essays.
• In 1961 Colin MacInnes published England, Half English,
• while Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall wrote a revue England, Our England a year later (for which Dudley Moore wrote the music).
• Does only the question “England, Whose England?” remain outstanding

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