Adam Macqueen at Wigtown Book Festival

Trust in our politicians is at an all-time low. But do politicians lie more than they used to? And do we even want them to tell the truth? Private Eye journalist Adam Macqueen applies wit, warmth, and intelligence to the “post-fact” era, dissecting the biggest political lies of the last half century, from the Profumo Affair to Boris Johnson’s £350m for the NHS.