This week’s arts diary
Tony Blair looks different, Bath's controversial theatre season and the last chance to protest library closuresTony Blair as you probably haven't seen him beforeTony Blair is one of our least painted prime ministers – and if he were to visit a new ex...
You Can’t Say That by Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone has been vindicated, argues Seumas MilneAt the height of Britain's political convulsions of the 1980s, the left boasted three charismatic national leaders: Tony Benn in parliament, Arthur Scargill in the unions and Ken Livingstone in th...
A life in writing: Robert Harris
'I've written a piece of fiction that suddenly starts coming true around me. The markets are crashing, people are blaming algorithms'Set on British general election day 2010, Robert Harris's latest novel is a characteristic combination of ripping yarn,...
Back from the Brink by Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling adds real sting to the now familiar story of Brown's premiershipAlistair Darling is a strange one. He was the chancellor who presided over the most catastrophic financial crash since the second world war and he was a senior member of t...
Simon Hoggart’s week: The day Tony Blair showed his mettle
Recollections of 9/11, when the prime minister put himself at risk by returning to Downing Street✒As we near the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Anthony Seldon has published a new account of how Tony Blair received the news. He had to race back to London f...
Darling: Blair said working with Brown was like dental treatment without anaesthetic
Darling to attack Gordon Brown as 'brutal' and label Bank of England chief Mervyn King 'exasperating' in memoirsAlistair Darling will claim in his memoirs that Tony Blair found Gordon Brown so difficult to work with that Blair told him "dealing with GB...
Dick Cheney autobiography heaps praise on Tony Blair
Dick Cheney, vice-president to George W Bush, pays tribute to 'one of America's closest and best allies in the war on terror'He may or may not welcome it, but Tony Blair has had lavish praise heaped on him by the uber-conservative of US politics, Dick ...
Channel 4 lines up return for Frankie Boyle
Head of comedy at Channel 4 confirms Glasgow comedian criticised by Ofcom set to record pilot for topical talk showFrankie Boyle, the controversial comedian, is set to return to Channel 4 with a topical talk show in which the Glaswegian will offer his...
The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume Three
Alastair Campbell's account of the Blair years from Kosovo to 9/11 leaves Chris Mullin exhaustedThis is the third volume of Alastair Campbell's blockbuster diaries. It covers the period from May 1999 to September 2001, from the war in Kosovo to 9/11
Alastair Campbell diaries: Secret war between Tony Blair and Prince Charles
In his new volume of diaries, Campbell reveals the tensions between the two over GM food, hunting and foot and mouth199931 May Prince Charles's office sent through the article he was doing for the Mail tomorrow on GM food, which would be a huge hit. He...
Ed by Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre
The younger Miliband has his doubters as Labour leader, but underestimate him at your perilNew Labour was never the most bookish of political cultures. Yet books had a curiously important role in this hyper-pragmatic era, albeit with the emphasis less ...
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