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
Martin Shaw: The Professionals was a monster that swallowed my career
1 hour 1 min
19 December Finished
Sir Gareth Southgate: There were days I didn’t want to get out from under the duvet
57 mins
12 December Finished
Hal Cruttenden: Divorce blew my mind- it hits harder than losing parents
1 hour 4 mins
28 November Finished
Stephen Mangan: When Mum died, I knew I couldn’t waste life being a lawyer- I had to act
explicit1 hour
21 November Finished
