Such is the maelstrom in British politics that when I spoke recently to the historian Tom Holland, we couldn’t be sure whether the Prime Minister would still be in place by the time of publication.
That is perhaps why Holland’s long view is so needed. The award-winning author’s books have spanned subjects as towering as the great men of Roman imperial history and the evolution of Western thought, and been described as everything from “masterpieces” to “soap opera” in the process. Meanwhile his irreverent, co-presented podcast, The Rest Is History, applies ever-intriguing long perspectives to current affairs.
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