First things first: this is one of the heaviest books I have ever read. Eventually I finished with it resting uncomfortably on my knees, as I perched on the edge of my bed. It reminded me of when I met Jennifer Worth (of Call the Midwife fame) and she showed me her hardback copy of my own substantial tome Austerity Britain — neatly spliced in half to make two separate manageable entities.
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David Kynaston is the author of Austerity Britain, Family Britain and Modernity Britain. Available from the Spectator Bookshop, £45 Tel: 08430 600033
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