https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/20/new-model-island-alex-niven-review-mark-fisher

A Newcastle writer is spurred by a birth and a death to consider regionalism and a radical future for England

What happens next? Right now perched on the edge of a new decade, with a new government and a new phase of Brexit, it feels like the only question. And it’s one that underpins New Model Island, Alex Niven’s clear-eyed yet freewheeling, brisk yet deep book that is also a rare thing: a critique that provides practical suggestions about how to change things – specifically England – for the better.

Only by implementing radical regionalism can we avoid furthering far-right claims on English identity