Entries by Ian Hislop

The Olden Days: The Power Of The Past In Britain

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Audio from Ian Hislop’s talk at Chalke Valley History Festival on 26th June 2014 Journalist, satirist, comedian and broadcaster Ian Hislop looks at the British capacity to dwell on imagined golden eras in British history. Based on his documentary series for BBC2, he explores the ways in which that national emotional attachment to a romanticised […]

STIFF UPPER LIP: An Emotional History of Britain

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Recording from Ian Hislop’s talk, ‘Stiff Upper Lip: An Emotional History of Britain’ for CVHF, Saturday, 29th June 2013 The stiff upper lip: the quintessential mark of British stoicism in adversity. Ian Hislop’s three-part BBC series presented us with ‘an emotional history of Britain’ over the past 300 years, finally asking whether the British lip […]