• Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

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    In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Philip Stephens, the author of Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit, to tell the story of a nation struggling to reconcile its waning power with past glory.

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    Philip Stephens is associate editor of The Financial Times and director of the editorial board. As chief political commentator, he writes on global and British affairs. He was educated at Wimbledon College and at Oxford University. He has won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism, Political Journalist of the Year by the UK Political Studies Association, and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards.


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