简介：By1945,theHouseofCommonsChamberlayinruins.Ithadbeendestroyedfouryearsearlier,ontheworstnightoftheLondonBlitz.OntheanniversaryofthatattackBBCParliamentisscreeningBombedButNotBroken[2011]inwhichMarkD’ArcytellsthestoryofthebombingandsubsequentrebuildingoftheChamber.WhenMPsdebatedthereconstructionSirWinstonChurchilldeclared:“Weshapeourbuildings–andourbuildingsshapeus.”HisinterventionhelpedensurethenewCommonsretaineditstraditionaltwo-sidedlayout,ratherthanswitchingtoacontinental-stylehemicycle.SpeakingagainstthebackgroundofrecentEuropeanhistory,Churchillwasdismissiveofthewayotherparliamentswiththeir“haranguesfromtherostrum”hadfallentofascistsandcommunists.…