80 years ago, Winston Churchill announced a plan to rebuild the Palace of Westminster after the Commons chamber was hit during the last major raid of the blitz. Patrick Maguire in for Matt Chorley looks at the building's history from the Great Fire of London to the present day, and speaks to the chairman of Parliament's Restoration and Renewal programme Nigel Evans.
Plus: Columnists James Marriott and Isabel Hardman discuss the power of the individual backbencher, play a round of Hansard Hoedown, and ask how to write a good sex scene.
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