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Start the Week: Antonia Fraser: Democracy and Reform

Antonia Fraser: Democracy and Reform

20/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Antonia Fraser: Democracy and Reform

Anne McElvoy talks to Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman.

Anne McElvoy discusses revolutionary movements with Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman.

On Start the Week Anne McElvoy explores movements and people that have changed the political landscape. The MP Jesse Norman champions the founder of modern conservatism, the 18th century philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke. Lady Antonia Fraser brings to life the Great Reform Bill of 1832 which transformed the way Britain was governed. And one of the co-founders of the Occupy movement, David Graeber, looks afresh at the idea of democracy.
Producer: Katy Hickman.

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