Archive of James Meek

"Each cannot help seeing the other, on occasion, as trespassers – the young seeing the old as immigrants from the past, the old seeing the young as immigrants from the future." In this extract from Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, James Meek investigates deepening divisions in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 Brexit referendum.

In this edited excerpt from Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, James Meek presents a topsy-turvy United Kingdom, where Robin Hood now steals from the poor to give to the rich – and gets away with it.

Brexiteers succeeded because they found a ready-made myth; a dream-vision that fitted onto the psyche of enough voters. In this edited excerpt from Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, James Meek presents a masterly portrait of an anxious, troubled nation.