Articles tagged Interview:
Interview With Kent on Sunday: "I’ve got a brilliant job which I love; I wouldn’t think of going back to politics"
- 9 Feb 2015
Last week I met Sarah Linney, a reporter with Kent on Sunday. This interview is the result. You can find it on their website HERE At Portcullis House – a parliamentary building in Westminster just across the road from the House of Commons which bulges with the offices of MPs...
LISTEN: 25 Minutes With Sir Nicholas Soames Talking About His Grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill
- 30 Jan 2015
Earlier this week I recorded a 25 minute interview with Sir Nicholas Soames. We spent the entire time talking about his grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill. I think you’ll rather enjoy it, Listen HERE
My Interview With Lynda Bellingham
- 20 Oct 2014
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Lynda Bellingham, who sadly died today of cancer. The great think about Lynda was she was just how I imagined she would be – full of fun, flirts and laughter. Do have a listen to the 20 minute LBC interview HERE – it w...
INTERVIEW: If Want to Understand What Drives Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Read On...
- 21 Jun 2014
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and I agree on very little. Where she’s left-wing, I’m right, and vice versa. But we’ve always got on. We’ve done numerous sparky, late-night paper reviews together, and have had some furious arguments on air. If it weren’t for Yasmin, I wouldn’t have got ...
Two Extended Interviews With Tony Benn
- 14 Mar 2014
I’ ll write a proper tribute and obituary to Tony Benn later. I first met Tony in the 1990s and we became quite friendly. He said he regarded me as his “favourite Thatcherite entrepreneur”. I am not sure how many other Thatcherite entrepreneurs he knew, but I took it as a comp...
An Interview With Cherwell
- 19 Jan 2014
This is an interview I did a couple of weeks ago for CHERWELL, the Oxford University student newspaper. The interviewer was Robert Walmsley. The original article can be read HERE Iain Dale is affable and easy to talk to. He seems to have the ability, which every good radio ta...
LISTEN AGAIN: Alan Johnson Talks About His Childhood
- 5 Aug 2013
On Friday I interviewed former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson about his book, THIS BOY, which covers his somewhat unusual childhood. What a thoroughly nice guy, and what a fascinating story. Listen HERE
Listen: Michael Gove's 'Whopper'
- 27 Jun 2013
listen to ‘'I hear you're more of a Whopper man Mr Gove!'’ on Audioboo From an interview I did with Michael Gove this afternoon. We had been discussing new school buildings, but I decided to end the interview on a lighter note and talk about George Osborne’s burger eating ha...
Listen: Interview With Lady Antonia Fraser
- 22 Jun 2013
Yesterday I spent half an hour talking to renowned historian Lady Antonia Fraser about her superb new book on the 1832 Reform Act. It’s called PERILOUS QUESTION: THE DRAMA OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL 1832. And it really is a dramatic page turner. I don’t know much about this per...
Interviewing Dylan Jones
- 19 Jun 2013
Last Friday I interviewed GQ editor Dylan Jones about his new book THE EIGHTIES: ONE DAY, ONE DECADE and also his work as long standing editor of the most excellent GQ MAGAZINE. You can listen HERE.