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Hinterland: Mel Stride MP

14 Apr 2011

The Conservative MP for Central Devon takes a fond look back in time and muses on his training as a London tourist guide

Brought to book: Jenny Randerson AM

06 Apr 2011

Jenny Randerson, Lib Dem assembly member for Cardiff Central, on why she can't stand Cherie Blair's autobiography, and her secret desire to be Hermione Granger

At lunch with... Lord Smith

At lunch with... Lord Smith

by Emily Sutton / 30 Mar 2011

Emily Sutton takes the former culture secretary out for a bite to eat

Events: were you snapped?

24 Mar 2011

Nick Pickles photographs the most hyped events in Westminster this month

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Review: Flare Path

Review: Flare Path

by Emily Sutton / 22 Mar 2011

Emily Sutton finds Trevor Nunn's wartime drama both funny and moving

Sky's new app

Sky's new app

by Joe Pike / 17 Mar 2011

You can rewind PMQs, but you can't share via social media - we put Sky's new iPad app to the test

Nick de Bois on his love of rugby

Nick de Bois on his love of rugby

by Nick de Bois / 17 Mar 2011

The Conservative MP relishes the team spirit and professionalism of rugby, his favourite sport

Brought to book: Tom Greatrex

by Tom Greatrex / 09 Mar 2011

The Labour MP discusses his favourite reads

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

by Emily Sutton / 04 Mar 2011

We review the new documentary film Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Fair Game

by Emily Sutton / 03 Mar 2011

The nuclear weapons search in Iraq is explored in this dramatic new thriller

Events: Were you snapped?

Events: Were you snapped?

by Nick Pickles / 25 Feb 2011

Nick Pickles photographs the most hyped events in Westminster this month

Victoria Tower Treasures

Victoria Tower Treasures

by Keith Simpson MP / 24 Feb 2011

A new book that catalogues the treasures that lie in the Parliamentary Archives

My old book

My old book

by Lisa Nandy MP / 06 Apr 2011

Lisa Nandy re-visits the beauty of William Blake's prose and why his poetry is still relevant today

British Nobel Peace Prize winners

05 Apr 2011

Across the political spectrum, and from all corners of the country, British parliamentarians have contributed to world peace, and been recognised for it on that most prestigious stage

Review: Oranges and Sunshine

Review: Oranges and Sunshine

by Emily Sutton / 29 Mar 2011

Oranges and Sunshine tells the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovers the disturbing mass deportation to Australia of thousands of British children in care

Review: Million Dollar Quartet

Review: Million Dollar Quartet

by Emily Sutton / 23 Mar 2011

This new West End musical is an all-singing, all-dancing reunion for the music of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis

Researchers' stories

Researchers' stories

21 Mar 2011

Answer phone expletives and sleeping on the job

Review: Route Irish

Review: Route Irish

by Sadie Smith / 17 Mar 2011

We review Ken Loach's latest film Route Irish

My old book: Michael Howard

My old book: Michael Howard

by Michael Howard / 10 Mar 2011

The former Conservative leader on why Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson is one of his most treasured possessions

Top ten fictional prime ministers

by James McMeekin / 08 Mar 2011

We look at some of the more recent - and outlandish - artistic interpretations of the British premier

Tribute to Mark Hanson

Tribute to Mark Hanson

by Shane Greer & Iain Dale / 03 Mar 2011

A tribute to a great friend of Total Politics and someone who will be sorely missed by all who knew him. 

At lunch with Lord Dubs

by Amber Elliott / 02 Mar 2011

Total Politics catches up with the Labour peer in advance of the mammoth Lords session on the AV bill

Film: West is West

Film: West is West

by James McMeekin / 25 Feb 2011

Deliquency meets culture clash in this sequel to 1999's East is East

Ages of Reform

Ages of Reform

by Keith Simpson MP / 24 Feb 2011

Kenneth Morgan's new book on the British left throws up some interesting questions about liberalism, Lloyd George and the left

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