<DIV>A nation defined by tradition and built on expansion, Britain now has more languages spoken within its capital than any other city in the world.<br><BR>Recently, Granta has explored Chicago, Pakistan and the world of Spanish-language letters. In this bold, eclectic issue, the magazine turns back to focus on Britain.<BR><BR>In 2012, Britain is a nation in flux, managing difficult socioeconomic realities, contending with new political alliances and negotiating shifting demographics. Yet it is a country that is still perceived as being bound by tradition and class structures.<BR><BR>Is Britain still Great? Where does it stand in the New Europe? What will it become in the 21st century? With fiction, poetry, memoir and reporting from <B>Robert MacFarlane</B>, <B>Adam Foulds</B> and the best of Britain's authors as well as views from abroad, Granta's Britain will consider all these questions ? and raise more.<BR><BR></DIV>