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EPISODE · Aug 10, 2026 · 46 MIN

The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised

from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian

At the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples By Andy Beckett. Read by Simon Vance The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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