If you are basking in the sun on the beach, sheltering from the rain by the seaside or strolling along by the side of a great river you can be confident of one thing, if you find yourself in difficulty the RNLI – Royal National Lifeboat Institution – will come and help. Whoeve...
If you go and visit Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory a rather sorry sight will greet you. The great ship stands proudly in her dry-dock but is currently without her towering masts. She is a shadow of her former self as she undergoes a stem to stern renovation. Boris Johnson’s opp...
It is rare for a serving senior Minister to publish a book while in office, and what a book it is. Before you even reach the first chapter, there is a veritable Becher’s Brook of bedazzling “names” saying how wonderful it is – Boris Johnson, Tony Blair, Elton John, Richard Cur...
The words Quentin and Letts strike terror equally into the hearts of Parliamentary performers and members of the theatrical community. In his reviews of political performances and sketches of West End productions, this keen observer of those foolish enough to push themselves c...
Mark Fox joins Adam Boulton on his weekly All Out Politics podcast - Thursday 22 April 2021 "A podcast of two halves as Adam Boulton and guests asses the political response to the frantic 48 hours in football as plans for a European Super League veered into offside territo...
“We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead.” Winston Churchill’s words to the nation at the end of the 1945 war in Europe. As Parliament approves the EU (Future Relationship) Bill so Boris...
Iain Dale has published this new book and I have written the first chapter on Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. You can find the podcast series accompanying the book here: https://uk-podcasts.co.uk/podcast/the-prime-ministers
Eighty years ago, From the 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, London and several other major British cities were subjected to intense bombing. The bombing was specifically targeted at civilians and it came to be known as The Blitz. In the nearly six years of the war this period ...
Nothing, absolutely nothing, gets professional political trainspotters going like a US Presidential election. From LBJ and JFK through to The West Wing many British politicians and journalists are infantilised and befuddled by their obsession with a fairy tale version of Ameri...
Dominic Raab, and the medical boffins who accompanied him, came to the No 10 podium to deliver a sombre message. Three more weeks of confinement were necessary, he said, and would not give any hint of rule relaxation to come. The boffins nodded sagely beside him. Our focus...