Ashes of Great Britain

Born in the smoke-filled streets of the Black Country after the Second World War, Mary Thompson spends her life fighting for fairness, community and the values she believes made Britain strong.Across eight decades, she witnesses the birth of the NHS, the rise of the trade unions, the arrival of new neighbours, the decline of industry, the London bombings, Brexit and the cultural battles of modern Britain. As the country transforms around her, Mary increasingly fears that the sense of shared identity and belonging she once knew is slipping away.Told through the eyes of one ordinary woman living through extraordinary times, Ashes of Great Britain is a powerful generational saga about memory, identity, immigration, community and the question of what a nation must preserve in order to remain itself.A moving and thought-provoking journey through modern British history, from post-war hope to an uncertain future.