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Discuss The Features Of Britishness. The title of the essay implies that there is one type of 'Britishness', and therefore that there is only one identity that applies to all citizens of the British Isles. This essay believes that there is no such thing as a single British identity, and will show this by looking at the class system, the regions, religion, and the projected and perceived images of Britons. Britain has one of the oldest and deepest-rooted class systems in the world, a hangover from feudality and the wage labour of the industrial revolution. Class 'segregation' is still found in British society, with members clubs, private box seats at theatres, etc still extant. Class is one of the touchiest subjects in Britain, despite the claims of sociologists such as Peter Saunders1 (quoted Mackintosh & Mooney, 2000, p106), who argues that class divisions have been replaced by divisions "...on the basis of...

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