The First Draft? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence are back to explore the historical connections behind today's issues.

In this programme - The First Draft? After the most tumultuous parliamentary session many can remember, Tom and Iszi meet top journalists to ask whether they consider they are history's first chroniclers. From Today programme newsgatherers to ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the team discuss who really "makes history".

Producer: Craig Templeton-Smith
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