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
Kenneth Roth: Tyrants Trust Sycophants, I Challenge Them with the Truth
1 hour 5 mins
25 April Finished
Ash Atalla: The Office, The IT Crowd, and the Unlikely Road to Comedy Success
1 hour 1 min
18 April Finished
Jon Ronson: “It's good training for a journalist, being bullied at school.”
57 mins
28 March Finished
