Polly Toynbee

When Polly Toynbee arrived at The Observer in the late
1960s, she quickly concluded that she'd make a poor news
reporter. Hailing from a long line of well-heeled and highly
educated liberals and social reformers, Polly surmised that she
didn't know enough about the country she'd grown up in. Since
then, Polly has worked in factories, hospitals and care homes,
shedding light on the nature of work and class. Now regarded as
one of the country’s best journalists, her latest book, An Uneasy
Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals tracks her genealogy
and takes a deep dive into what it means to be privileged in
Britain.