Why neither playwrights nor politics can resist Boris
Why playwright Jonathan Maitland couldn’t resist the temptation of Boris and “the dinner party...
The perils of playing politics on the big screen
Vice and The Font Runner are both films with an important message about politics.
Alan Partridge’s political journey – from simplistic right winger to someone ‘more like David Cameron’
'He understands you can be economically conservative but you have got to be socially liberal.'...
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Sean Spicer keeps up the bad work with his new book
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Book review: Punch and Judy Politics
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Who will replace David Dimbleby as host of BBC Question Time?
Some politicians are hoping it will be a woman... and not Nigel Farage.
Politics on the small screen: the inside track on A Very English Scandal
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Hugh Grant wins rave reviews for 'revelatory' portrayal of Jeremy Thorpe
A Very English Scandal has been given five star treatment by critics.
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Brexit drama - as Dominic Cummings
It's the natural next step after playing the Dane...
Book review: The Marshall Plan - Dawn of the Cold War
Benn Steil has written what many will consider to be the definitive history of the Marshall Plan...
Book review: Lloyd George, Statesman or Scoundrel
Richard Wilkinson confirms that Lloyd George was consummate politician who ducked and...
James Graham turns to Westminster insiders for help with Brexit TV drama
It will be very much about 'the campaign behind the scenes’.
Ed Vaizey prepares to take to the stage for trial of King Richard III
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Book review: Enemies Within
Richard Davenport-Hines' account of spying in the 19th century is both provocative and...
Politics on the small screen: the verdict on the BBC's Collateral
John Simm plays a Labour MP in David Hare’s drama. But is his character just 'a sexed-up Corbyn...
Book review: Fighters and Quitters
For aficionados of political theatre, Theo Barclay’s run-through of great resignations is a...
Book review: Behind Diplomatic Lines
Patrick R H Wright documents the obsessions of Margaret Thatcher and has some wonderful...
Whisky with Thatcher and other tales in new BBC series
Inside Number 10 starts this Sunday on BBC Parliament.
Book review: Exceeding My Brief, Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant
Barbara Hosking has written a warm, funny and illuminating book that guides readers through one...
MPs and critics lap up Gary Oldman's portryal of Winston Churchill
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Keith Simpson's Christmas 2017 reading list
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Nick Clegg’s book bags top prize in Parliamentary Book Awards
The former Lib Dem leader took Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian.