A short history of England, 2020-2089 is the autobiography of one of the movers and shakers in mid and late 21st century England, Sir Jeremy Lewin. Lewin describes a century in which the country passes through rapid economic collapse, political isolation and moral degradation to find a new way forward. Following the failure of long-standing national institutions the country is in search of new political and moral beliefs. These, combined with daring technological innovation, transform a post-industrial, post-imperial England very similar to the Britain we know today into a very different country..