Articles tagged Books:
The 'Iain Dale's Book Club' Weekly Podcast Has Launched!
- 15 Sep 2018
When I talked to James Rea, my boss at LBC, about moving to the evening show, I said I’d like to present a books hour. He suggested we do it as a podcast so we needn’t be constrained by format, length or commercial breaks. Two months later I am delighted to tell you that we’re...
Waterstone's Buying Foyles Is All About Bricks & Mortar Market Share - Not Amazon
- 8 Sep 2018
Blink and you’d have missed it. On Friday it was announced that Waterstone’s have bought Foyles. Ten years ago this would have been a major news story, and featured in the first few pages of The Times. Today it didn’t feature at all in the main newspaper and only managed a few...
Keith Simpson's Summer Reading List Recommendations
- 16 Jul 2018
By Keith Simpson MP What a contrast between the Commons and Lords. MPs have been grumbling about the paucity of legislation and votes and the Lords the very opposite. We endure a Parliament that is totally and utterly dominated by Brexit and the divisions and rivalries that e...
Book Review: No Nonsense by Joey Barton
- 23 Jun 2018
I read a lot of football biographies and autobiographies. And I mean, a lot. Many of them I don’t finish because they’re totally fake. They’re usually ghosted by someone who clearly hasn’t taken the trouble to get inside the head of his subject. On rare occasions as a reader ...
The Top 25 Books I Published at Politico's & Biteback
- 2 Jun 2018
Last week I announced I was leaving Biteback Publishing, the company I founded back in 2009. It marked an end to twenty years in publishing. Back in 1998 I started Politico’s Publishing, having spotted that there was a real gap in the political publishing market. My colleagues...
Book Review: 'It's All About Clout' by Max Foster
- 2 Jun 2018
Clout is a strange word. It’s almost slang for a combination of ‘power’ and ‘influence’. If someone has to tell you they have clout, they probably don’t. It’s like charisma. You know it when you see it. You’ve either got it, or you haven’t. It’s difficult to learn how to acqu...
ANNOUNCEMENT: After Ten Years, I'm Leaving Biteback Publishing...
- 22 May 2018
This is a press release I’ve issued this morning. Sad day. Iain Dale steps down at Biteback and Andy McNab takes on advisory role to guide Biteback into next stage of growth After ten years, Biteback Publishing Managing Director Iain Dale is to step down from the company in ...
Book Review: Unbelievable - My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur
- 22 Apr 2018
If you want to read Bridget Jones meets Donald Trump, then this is the book for you. And even if you don’t, it’s for you. It’s a really enjoyable, funny, and mostly insightful book about Donald Trump’s campaign to become President, seen through the eyes of an NBC reporter. K...
Keith Simpson's Christmas Reading List
- 12 Dec 2017
By Keith Simpson MP Over the past few weeks as the EU (Withdrawal) Bill grinds its way slowly through the Chamber of the House of Commons it has been noticeable that many MPs take refuge in the library to read and to sleep. This litany will continue for many, many months. Ch...
Keith Simpson's Summer Reading List
- 12 Jul 2017
By Keith Simpson MP The electorate and colleagues are exhausted after a six week election campaign which resulted in no one party achieving an overall majority. The government continues with DUP support with an enthused Labour Party and the SNP licking their wounds. An autumn...