Brexit & nostalgia

Since the fateful Brexit vote in 2016, two films and one TV series have been released that rejoice in Britain's supposed past glories

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Nolan's film is based on the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, during World War II

Kanika Datta

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 26 2020 | 1:07 AM IST

One marker of an insecure nation is the co-option of culture by the ruling regime. By the same token, confident democracies such as the US and Europe follow a policy of cultural laissez-faire. But in the gathering chaos that is Brexit — which deepened this past month with Boris Johnson’s extraordinary breach of the EU withdrawal agreement — the UK appears to have set a unique standard in national hype.

Since the fateful Brexit vote in 2016, two films and one TV series have been released that rejoice in Britain’s supposed past glories. They are, in order of appearance:

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Topics : Brexit UK govt Dunkirk

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