In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Lord Owen, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1977 - 1979, one of the Gang of Four and a leader of the SDP throughout the 1980s about Lord Owen's new book Riddle, Mystery and Enigma: Two hundred years of British - Russian Relations. They discuss George Canning's time as Foreign Secretary; Britain, Russia and the Great Game; the impact of communism on 20th century politics; the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Britain's recent decision to send migrants to Rwanda. 

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