John Le Carré and the spectre of British decline
The 1970s London of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was a place of decay. What defines it now?
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Phil Tinline is a producer with BBC Radio, and author of The Death of Consensus. His documentary Why Coups Fail will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 29 January.
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