Articles tagged Defence:

Giving Birth to Gavin Williamson

  • 16 Dec 2018

I feel like I've given birth. When I left Biteback I decided that one of my priorities in the second half of 2018 was to write more. In July I asked Eleanor Mills, editor of the Sunday Times magazine, if she'd like me to write a profile of a senior politician. I put a list of ...

My Long Read Profile/Interview with Gavin Williamson in This Week's Sunday Times Magazine

  • 14 Dec 2018

Some time ago I wrote a long read profile of the Miliband brothers for GQ, followed up by a profile of Nigel Farage. But when I started Total Politics magazine and started doing monthly long-read In Conversation interviews I didn't really write any more profile as I didn't hav...

Thanking Our Troops

  • 26 Sep 2010

Last night on my LBC show we discussed the issue of how we treat our armed services, and in particular war veterans. It is never good when a presenter breaks down in tears on air, but last night it nearly happened to me twice. Once when reading out a heartfelt text and another...