The Book Club

Simon Jenkins: The Celts

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My guest in this week’s Book Club is Simon Jenkins. His new book The Celts: A Sceptical History tells the story of a race of people who, contrary to what many of us were taught in school, never existed at all. He tells me how and why ‘Celts’ were invented, what it has meant and continues to mean for the nations of the Union, and where he thinks we need to go next…

Produced by Oscar Edmonson and Matt Taylor.

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