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Leo McKinstry

Feb 14, 202130 min
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Episode description

Leo McKinstry discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Leo McKinstry is a journalist and author. His books include Boycs: The True Story (2000), Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (2005) and Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace (2020).

  1. The novels of Patrick Hamilton https://www.bookforum.com/print/1405/in-a-trio-of-novels-patrick-hamilton-offered-deft-portraits-of-the-english-working-class-as-world-war-ii-descended-their-republication-introduces-us-to-the-odd-booze-drenched-world-of-a-terrific-british-writer-2046
  2. The New Brighton Tower in Wallesey http://www.hiddenwirral.org/the-new-brighton-tower/4590497180
  3. Lord Rosebery https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/n18/ferdinand-mount/truffles-for-potatoes
  4. Constance Smith https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/01/04/news/tale-of-limerick-actress-constance-smith-s-hollywood-tragedy-revealed-in-tv4-documentary-1520331/
  5. The music of Andy Prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zs3-NMKvD0
  6. The National Liberal Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)

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