Our previews of cultural activities for politicos this month
by James Gray MP / 17 May 2013
The Tory MP for North Wiltshire explains why Siegried Sassoon's collection of essays is his favourite book
by Anoosh Chakelian / 16 May 2013
The British Library's new exhibition 'Propaganda: Power and Persuasion' opens today, laying on the communicative powers of everyone from Uncle Sam to Tufty to Alastair Campbell
by Toby Youell / 15 May 2013
Playing an instrument or singing gives politicians another string to their bows. Total Politics looks back at their top ten musical moments
by Ben Duckworth / 13 May 2013
Ben Duckworth speaks to Hay Festival organiser Peter Florence about the highlights he’s looking forward to, and why he wants to dispel some myths
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by Anoosh Chakelian / 03 May 2013
Anoosh Chakelian meets the Labour peer, erstwhile London mayoral candidate and MP. Photo by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
by Anoosh Chakelian / 23 Apr 2013
Terror, torture and tweets: a thoroughly modern portrayal of age-old political repression
by Anne McGuire MP / 15 Apr 2013
The Labour member shares her two great loves – food and dance
by Ray Filar / 11 Apr 2013
What’s politics without a little juicy scandal now and again? Total Politics looks back on the sexual revelations that rocked the House and the world
03 Apr 2013
Which "dishy" MPs do our anonymous staffers spy on in the Westminster gym?
by John Russell and Mike Simpson / 18 Mar 2013
Were you snapped at the InterContinental London Westminster hotel launch party, the Taxpayers' Alliance pre-Budget beer tax campaign, or the Commons & Lords annual hockey match v the Timber Trade?
15 May 2013
Were you snapped at the Mr Speaker book launch, the 'British Future 20 Years On: Eltham in 2013' event, the launch of OpenBritain.net or the IEA's 'Britain and Europe: If out, how?' discussion?
13 May 2013
Sex, death and sticking it to Rupert Murdoch - what have our anonymous Westminster staffers been up to this month?
by David Ruffley MP and Keith Simpson MP / 08 May 2013
Book reviews of Office Politics & The Battle of Bretton Woods
by Justin Tomlinson MP / 24 Apr 2013
The Tory MP for North Swindon reveals his reading habits - and writing ambitions
by Anoosh Chakelian / 17 Apr 2013
Anoosh Chakelian goes hot and cold on the National's new version of Maxim Gorky's play originally written amid the rumblings towards revolution
by Jon Ashworth MP / 12 Apr 2013
The opposition whip and Labour MP for Leicester South recommends some reading to the government Whips' Office
by Alok Sharma MP / 03 Apr 2013
The Conservative MP for Reading West on his literary loves, aspirations and shortcomings
by Jasmine Pal / 18 Mar 2013
Our cultural picks for politicos this month
by Keith Simpson MP and Rob Wilson MP / 15 Mar 2013
Keith Simpson MP reviews Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, by Gill Bennett, and Rob Wilson MP reviews Mr Speaker: The Office and the Individuals since 1945, by Matthew Laban
by Ben Duckworth / 14 Mar 2013
Ben Duckworth reviews Peter Morgan’s new play The Audience, an amusing and intriguing imagining of the Queen’s mysterious meetings with her prime ministers throughout the ages
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