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 ...
Tony Blair’s top reads: Tolkien, Trotsky and Treasure Island
Former prime minister's Desert Island book choice shows he's a lover of baddies, wizard collaborators and political outcastsTony Blair is a lover of baddies, wizard collaborators, religious prophets, political outcasts and obsessives, according to a li...
What if John Smith had lived?
The year is 1997. Labour's John Smith is swept to power in a landslide victory. So what happens next? Francis Beckett imagines the scenarioHow different a world would we be living in if Rab Butler had become prime minister in January 1957 instead of Ha...
Politics Weekly podcast: 2010 in review
At the end of an election year which brought a change of government, a new leader of the Labour party and the first coalition since the second world war, there are plenty of talking points. But if 2010 taught us anything, it is to be wary of political ...
Blair v Brown: a battle of books, and overwhelming egos | Julian Glover
A comparison of their literary efforts suggests Gordon Brown and Tony Blair are more alike than they dare to admitA curious thing happened this year: a pair of former prime ministers published books that are true to themselves. Generally political memo...
Tony Blair v Christopher Hitchens: fight the good fight
How the atheist polemicist and the Catholic politician debated whether religion is a force for good or evilChristopher Hitchens walked on stage with the evidence of his cancer plain for the world to see. His dark suit jacket hung off a much-reduced fra...
Christopher Hitchens 1-0 Tony Blair
Staunch atheist wins over audience in debate with Catholic convert over whether religion is a force for good in the worldIn theory it was not an event that should have created a stir: a philosophical debate on the moral merits of religion. In an age of...
What is religion good for? | Ian Linden
Blair and Hitchens are to debate whether religion is a force for good. There is a supplementary, answerable, questionI would not like to go toe to toe with Christopher Hitchens on whether religion is a force for good in the world. He is far smarter –...
History should be harsh on Tony Blair for embracing Gaddafi | Alexander Chancellor