Polly Toynbee
17 August 2023 - 1 hour 2 minsWhen Polly Toynbee arrived at The Observer in the late 1960s, she quickly concluded that she'd make a poor news reporter. Hailing from a long line of well-heeled and highly educated liberals and social reformers, Polly surmised that she didn't know enough about the country she'd grown up in. Since then, Polly has worked in factories, hospitals and care homes, shedding light on the nature of work and class. Now regarded as one of the country’s best journalists, her latest book, An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals tracks her genealogy and takes a deep dive into what it means to be privileged in Britain.
Series Episodes
Jeremy King: The Restaurateur Behind The Ivy, Le Caprice and The Wolseley
1 hour 3 mins
20 March Finished
Naz Shah: Forced Marriage, Family Secrets and Her Mother’s Murder Conviction
explicit1 hour 8 mins
6 March Finished
Arthur Smith: I got arrested for breach of the peace and possession of a megaphone
57 mins
20 February Finished
