A pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty years

Through extensive research, covering issues as diverse as the distribution of wealth, the significance of speech patterns and the politics of egalitarianism, the author pursues an illusive answer to the fundamental question - how can oppressive inequality in Britain be wiped out once and for all?

The story behind the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia