On Big Caesars and Small Caesars | A Drink with Ferdinand Mount

Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson talks to political commentator and novelist Ferdinand Mount on his fascinating analysis of famous tyrants and semi-tyrants.
In this clip Ferdinand takes us through the different tricks and techniques employed virtually by every tyrant and semi-tyrant.
Ferdinand Mount is the former editor of the TLS and columnist for the Sunday Times. He is the author of The Liquidator, Umbrella, The Subversive Family, The British Constitution Now, Jem (and Sam), The Man Who Rose Ampersand, Of Love and Asthma, Heads You Win, The Condor’s Head, Mind the Gap, and a memoir Cold Cream. His novel Fairness was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001. His most recent book Prime Movers on twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi was published by Simon & Schuster in 2018.
This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: www.idler.co.uk/