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Why neither playwrights nor politics can resist Boris

30 April 2019

Why playwright Jonathan Maitland couldn’t resist the temptation of Boris and “the dinner party...

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The perils of playing politics on the big screen

19 February 2019

Vice and The Font Runner are both films with an important message about politics.

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Alan Partridge’s political journey – from simplistic right winger to someone ‘more like David Cameron’

14 February 2019

'He understands you can be economically conservative but you have got to be socially liberal.'...

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Book review: The British Leaders Series

25 September 2015

How should we assess British political leadership? In these books, Charles Clarke and his...

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Aristotle - a five minute crib

11 August 2015

The Greek philosopher believed that the purpose of the state was to achieve the happiness...

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Lunch with... Bernard Jenkin

31 July 2015

Jess Bowie breaks bread with the outspoken chair of the Public Administration and...

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Keith Simpson's summer / autumn 2015 reading list

21 July 2015

Summer political reads abound, while two books will soon published on David Cameron’s...

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The US Presidency in black and white

7 July 2015

White House correspondent April Ryan discusses her new book on race in American politics...

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Theatre review: 1984 at the Playhouse Theatre

20 June 2015

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's retelling of George Orwell's classic makes for a...

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Book review: More Human by Steve Hilton

15 June 2015

David Cameron's former guru combines interesting critique and wishful thinking in his new...

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Book review: A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?

5 June 2015

The message of this book is clear: don’t believe the messianic idea merchants who tell us...

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Film review: We Are Many

26 May 2015

Amir Amirani's film is a compelling look at how politicians ignored the millions of people...

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Beyond Caring: Stories of an invisible working class

27 April 2015

A play about zero hour contracts is set to begin a month long run at London’s National...

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Film review: The Emperor's New Clothes

23 April 2015

Russell Brand seems to agree with the Green party on a lot of things. So won't he vote for...

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Theatre review: Clarion at the Arcola Theatre

20 April 2015

A new play by an ex-Fleet Street journalist is a savagely hilarious shoot-down of the...

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Rick Edwards: TV's man on a mission to mobilise the youth vote

10 April 2015

Unlike Russell Brand, former Channel 4 presenter Rick Edwards wants to revive the youth...

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Book review: High Command by Christopher L. Elliott

9 April 2015

Based on a series of interviews, this book assesses British Military leadership during the...

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Election diary: No escaping the patter of polished politicians

6 April 2015

General election season is upon us at Sky News – and that means sitting down with the...

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Theatre review: The Tulip Tree (The love story of Enoch Powell)

27 March 2015

The Tulip Tree provides an insight into Enoch Powell's early life that may have shaped the...

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The man behind the Coalition

26 March 2015

James Graham is Britain’s most acclaimed new political playwright. He talks to Paul Waugh...

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Book review: A Different Kind of Weather by William Waldegrave

26 March 2015

This memoir reveals a time warp and a certain kind of Tory MP, who at one point in the...

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Book review: The Churchill Factor by Boris Johnson

20 March 2015

The London mayor’s adoring paean to Churchill sometimes reads as an effort to reflect some...

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Conquering Cameron

5 March 2015

Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (left of picture) stars as David Cameron in the new satirical play...

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TV review: Inside the Commons

3 February 2015

Michael Cockerell’s fair-minded peek inside Parliament needn’t have worried the ‘...

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Why neither playwrights nor politics can resist Boris

The perils of playing politics on the big screen

Alan Partridge’s political journey – from simplistic right winger to someone ‘more like David Cameron’

More Content

Book review: The British Leaders Series

Aristotle - a five minute crib

Lunch with... Bernard Jenkin

Keith Simpson's summer / autumn 2015 reading list

The US Presidency in black and white

Theatre review: 1984 at the Playhouse Theatre

Book review: More Human by Steve Hilton

Book review: A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?

Film review: We Are Many

Beyond Caring: Stories of an invisible working class

Film review: The Emperor's New Clothes

Theatre review: Clarion at the Arcola Theatre

Rick Edwards: TV's man on a mission to mobilise the youth vote

Book review: High Command by Christopher L. Elliott

Election diary: No escaping the patter of polished politicians

Theatre review: The Tulip Tree (The love story of Enoch Powell)

The man behind the Coalition

Book review: A Different Kind of Weather by William Waldegrave

Book review: The Churchill Factor by Boris Johnson

Conquering Cameron

TV review: Inside the Commons

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