Ian Hislop rescues the reputation of the 'Do-Gooders' who he believes fixed the 19th century's version of 'broken Britain'
Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has affected our history.
In Return To T. S. Eliotland writer and critic A.N. Wilson explores the life and work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, T.S. Eliot.
Andrew Wilson has been reading and rereading Eliot for much of his life. Now from the halls of Harvard University to a Somerset village, via a Margate promenade shelter, he follows the spiritual and psychological journey that Eliot ...
Ian Hislop brings his customary humour, analysis and wit to the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and stations and forced tens of thousands of people into the car and onto the road.
Was author Dr Richard Beeching little more than Genghis Khan with a slide rule, ruthlessly hacking away at Britain's rail network i...