In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal, which, according to Wikipedia, " Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for ...

In 1729, Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal to solve poverty in Ireland. Now, six contemporary Irish poets make proposals to tackle today's social inequalities. Show more In 1729, poet, cleric ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jonathan Swift's satirical 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal, which reveals much about attitudes to the Irish and the poor in 18th-Century Britain. Show more Melvyn Bragg ...