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Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (/ ˈ t ɔɪ n b i /; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 1983 general election.
- 1966–present
Polly Toynbee | The Guardian. Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist. Her books include Dismembered: How the attack on the state harms us all , co-authored with David Walker. May 2024....
May 25, 2023 · An Uneasy Inheritance — Polly Toynbee’s memoir of her family and other radicals. The writer confronts family woes — and the difficulty of championing leftwing causes while hailing from...
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Feb 14, 2023 · Polly Toynbee. The social contract between young and old is broken and inequality is out of control. The government must step in. Tue 14 Feb 2023 02.00 EST. A new anti-ageing therapy is causing...
Jun 4, 2023 · Erica Wagner. Sun 4 Jun 2023 08.00 EDT. P olly Toynbee ’s great-grandfather Gilbert Murray, the finest classical scholar of the early 20th century – and, like so many in Toynbee’s family,...
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May 31, 2023 · An Uneasy Inheritance by Polly Toynbee review – living up to high ideals. What happens when good intentions meet good fortune? Politics melds with personal drama in this candid family history...
Jul 1, 2023 · Polly Toynbee and the price of privilege. The left-wing journalist’s memoir is an irresistible, Evelyn Waugh-like tale of aristocratic anarchy and class guilt. By Will Lloyd. High society: Polly Toynbee in 1966. Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Polly Toynbee is hated by the British right. Why?
