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Through wonderful vignettes Richards offers a masterful cleareyed and above all entertaining history of British politics To pilot a better future we need to learn how not to repeat the mistakes of the past The book is a lesson in just that Will Hutton

Every few weeks in British politics a columnist will reach for the word unprecedented as a cabinet minister resigns or yet another inquiry is called We have become so accustomed to turmoil that it is impossible to take a breath and see where we are headed In this magisterial history respected broadcaster and journalist Steve Richards puts the recent chaos into context and takes a step back to explore ten critical moments that have shaped modern Britain

From the Suez Crisis of 1956 to the Covid19 pandemic from 1945 to Thatcher Richards argues that it is only with distance that we can perceive the tectonic plates shifting and events that may seem earthshattering in the moment might be a passing tremor with the perspective of history

With his trademark insight forged over several decades as one of the UKs foremost political commentators Richards blends anecdote and analysis to explore the biggest events in British political history A mustread for anyone seeking to understand our nation this landmark work is enlightening and entertaining in equal measure

An engaging canter through postwar Britain shaped by a lifetime of reading Prospect