Articles tagged Books:
My Top Ten Westminster Novels
- 3 Jan 2010
When it comes to reading political novels I always enjoy a plot which centres around Parliament. I started to write a political novel myself a few years ago (which unbelievably featured Charles Kennedy as Foreign Secretary oin a Tory led coalition!) but only wrote one chapter....
The Decline and Fall of the Political Memoir
- 13 May 2008
Yesterday I had several invitations from various broadcasters to talk about the three sets of political memoirs set to grace the nation's bookshelves. The only one I took up was Good Morning Wales as I was at a funeral the rest of the day. Quite why the media had got themselve...
The First 80 Pages of Alastair Campbell
- 14 Jul 2007
Having read the first 80 pages of Alastair Campbell's diaries I have two reactions. The first is that it's a brilliant read and I can't wait to read the rest of it on the plane to Rwanda on Thursday, but the second is that if it is an accurate reflection of the life of a newly...
EDP Column: Why Do Politicians Write Autobiographies?
- 8 Oct 2006
The publication of David Blunkett’s diaries is likely to yield great disappointment for his publishers, Hodder. The reason why this book will rise quickly to that ever growing ‘remainder heaven’ in the sky is that we all believe we know quite enough about David Blunk...
Harriman House Buys Politicos.co.uk
- 21 Sep 2006
Some of you will have already picked this up from a Politico's email, but this is the press release being sent out today... HARRIMAN HOUSE TAKES OVER POLITICOS.CO.UK Harriman House and Politicos.co.uk announce today that Harriman House has taken over the online bookshop ...
The Book Meme
- 1 Sep 2006
1. Name one book that changed your life. I can't say that a book ever has. I guess Animal Farm had an effect on me as a teenager whenI read it at school, as it confirmed all my gut instincts about socialism. Latterly, In the Arena by Richard Nixon was an inspiration to me. Be...
Guardian: Taking a Leaf Out of Sarkozy's Book
- 2 Aug 2006
Taking a leaf from Sarkozy's book Why are British publishers so sure that political books won't sell? The news that Nicolas Sarkozy's autobiography has sold 275,000 copies in France within a month ought to send British publishers reaching for their chequebooks. But it wo...
Guardian Diary: The End of British Bookselling is Nigh
- 31 May 2006
Waterstone's is about to take over Ottakars in a deal which is bound to see the closure of a number of 'doubled up' stores in market towns throughout Britain. Despite the fact that the deal puts Waterstone's in a highly dominant market position the competition authorities have...
My Top Ten Political Diaries
- 8 Mar 2006
On Sunday night Gyles Brandreth starts a new mini-series on the art of writing political diaries. You can hear it at the fag-end of the Westminster Hour at 9.45pm. So I thought I'd do a top ten of my favourite political diaries. I'm not sure what this means but I do detect a t...
House Magazine Article: Summer Reading List
- 17 Jul 2004
So, what books should you take to the beach this summer? Let’s start with those you can safely leave at home. Sometimes you wonder why people bother to write books, and Hillary Clinton’s memoirs (Living History, Hodder, £20) certainly fall into this category. The book is so cl...