Articles tagged In Conversation:
From the Archives: Long Read Interview with Simon Heffer
- 6 Jan 2019
This is the full length version of my interview with Simon Heffer, which appears in the December 2010 edition of Total Politics. Embed from Getty Images So how have you found the change from working in a newspaper office to coming back to your old college? I’ve still ...
From the Archives: Long Read Interview with Tom Watson
- 5 Jan 2019
This is an extended version of my Total Politics interview with Tom Watson, which appeared in the January 2011 issue of the Magazine. He's incredibly open and honest about his time in government and the personal trauma he went through because of something I wrote... Embed f...
From the Archives: My Long Read 'In Conversation' With Paddy Ashdown
- 23 Dec 2018
Back in 2009 I did a lengthy interview with Paddy Ashdown for Total Politics. Last night I found it on an old computer so I thought I'd share it with you. It makes for fascinating reading and really stands the test of time. This is the full length version and has never been pu...
In Conversation with Jacqui Smith... Ten Years Ago
- 29 Nov 2018
I first met Jacqui Smith more than ten years ago at a Foreign Office event which she was addressing. I was writing a profile of the then Foreign Secretary David Miliband so was spending the afternoon with him. After her speech he beckoned me over an introduced me to her. Havin...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Conversation with Nigel Farage
- 16 Apr 2018
This interview took place in October 2008. It’s actually very hard for Nigel Farage to give a bad interview. He is the kind of character who always has something interesting to say. Indeed sometimes he says far too much for his own good. Politics needs characters like Farag...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Conversation with Adam Boulton
- 9 Apr 2018
THIS INTERVIEW IS FROM EARLY 2010. Adam Boulton is a legend and I have huge respect for him. He probably spends more hours live on air than any other political journalist. He has an incredible knack of explaining complex political issues to the Sky News viewers, he can be c...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Conversation with Alex Salmond
- 8 Apr 2018
This was the first In Conversation interview I did for Total Politics, back in July 2008, nearly ten years ago. I met Alex Salmond in his House of Commons office and talked for close on two hours. It was a strange experience as he twice had to go to vote, which meant that we c...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Conversation With Alastair Campbell
- 4 Apr 2018
I did this interview in July 2010. Alastair never knowingly gives a bad interview and he was certainly very open in this two hour conversation. When did you start writing your diary? I’ve always done a diary, I started when I was a kid when my dad was in hospital and I use...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Conversation With Matthew Parris
- 2 Apr 2018
This is an interview I did with Matthew Parris in September 2010. It remains one of my favourites. It’s another interview that has stood the test of time. If you poll any group of politicians, journalists or newspaper readers and ask them who their top rated political colum...
From the Archives: In Conversation with Peter Mandelson
- 31 Mar 2018
Back in November 2010 I interviewed Peter Mandelson. He was in soul bearing mood. I thought you might enjoy it all over again. It took place not long after hi autogiograhy had been published, and only a couple of months after Ed Miliband’s election as Labour leader. Reading th...