An exhibition of black and white photographs from the 1940s to the present that reflect a range of responses to English society, with work by Bert Hardy, Roger Mayne, Tony Ray-Jones, Colin Jones, Chris Killip, Homer Sykes, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Martin Parr, Mark Power, Anna Fox, and Ken Grant.

The exhibition explores constructions of Englishness, from eccentric to conformist, aristocrat to working class, northern and southern, black and white, old and young, work and leisure, rural and urban. Covering a spectrum from playful and quirky to dark and serious, from compassionate and empathic to detached and even satirical, these photographs not only help to define a country but also to forge a national photographic culture.