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Last broadcast on Tue, 31 Mar 2009, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'. Is it the glue that can hold us all together or just a word that has lost its meaning?
Presenter biography
Matthew d’Ancona, 41, was appointed Editor of The Spectator in 2006. He has been Political Columnist of The Sunday Telegraph since 1996, and was Deputy Editor of that newspaper before moving to The Spectator.
He was named Current Affairs Magazine Editor of the Year in the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards in 2007. Under his editorship The Spectator has achieved record circulation and transformed its online presence: its Coffee House blog is now a must-read in Westminster.
He was named Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards, 2004 and by the Political Studies Association in 2006.
He has written three acclaimed novels, and is a Contributing Editor to GQ, for which he writes a weekly political column. He is also a regular presenter on Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.
He was born in London in 1968. He joined The Times as a trainee in 1991, and was appointed Assistant Editor at the age of 26.
He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College Oxford in 1989.
He is a member of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain panel.
Extended Interview with Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown wants a national debate about what it means to be British. Some people think this is just an attempt to divert attention away from the fact that he is a Scottish MP.
Matthew d'Ancona went to 10 Downing Street to put this to the Prime Minister and to ask him why he feels so strongly about Britishness.
Broadcasts
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Tue 31 Mar 200909:00
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Tue 31 Mar 200921:30
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