Free At Last

5 x 15 mins

The late politician Tony Benn was famous as a diarist, and although far to the left of his party, was totally committed to Parliamentary democracy. A wonderful observer of people and events, these 5 extracts from his diaries, read by Benn himself, cover his final years as an MP.

Regardless of your political views, these make for fascinating listening, with Benn's wonderful use of words, suggesting that he could have been a great writer rather than an indifferent politician.