Manchester and Salford in political fiction: from Disraeli to Christopher Eccleston

From drama to satire, the British public's view of democracy has long been shaped by fiction. Come and hear Professor Steven Fielding's latest research on how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of the BBC’s The Thick of It. Fielding argues that dramas and fictions have performed a crucial if rarely noted role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by politicians.

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