So I have been spending quite a bit of time on amazon lately and it keeps throwing writers at me, and this evening it's Philip Parker. I google to get to know him better and there's a guardian podcast. Excellent. The startled interviewer asks 'I did not know, for instance, that Romania was part of the Roman Empire' (come off it whatever substance it is you are on- look at the name woman!) Anyhow, she has presence enough to ask the million dollar question 'Could you compare the Roman Empire with any examples we know of today?' Philip toys with the idea of China when it comes to population but then concedes: 'The British Empire at its height would be something comparable". And on that note the podcast ends. Gimme a break.
Bring on the Gibbon.
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