Gillert: The worst moment in my prime ministership was not, in and of itself, a gendered remark. A shock jock said to this audience that my father had died of shame. Ah, because he was ashamed of me as prime minister. That's appalling. It is appalling. I mean, you don't expect to have to do that in your life. You know, someone like my mother, who's just a lovely woman ... i should have to tolerate that being said about a the husband she's just lost.
In the late 19th century, a painting titled The Roll Call, by a virtually unknown artist, took England by storm. But after that brilliant first effort, the artist all but disappeared. Why? And what does The Roll Call tell us about the fate of those first through the door?
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