Jonathan Meades

A familiar OE-led balls-up: Rory Stewart’s The Long History of Ignorance reviewed

Many of the threadbare maxims included in this six-part Radio 4 series are one-sentence drama-school platitudes

Rory is a very keen type – what used to be called an all-rounder – and despite his protestations is untouched by the piggiest ignorance. Credit: BBC Studios / Richard Pearson

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