BOOKtalk
News and interviews from the world of publishing
BOOKtalk - 08/12/2010
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Torrance about his book Salmond: Against the Odds.
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BOOKtalk - 11/12/2010
Mark D'Arcy discusses the latest news from the world of political publishing.
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BOOKtalk - 18/12/2010
Mark D'Arcy discusses the latest news from the world of political publishing.
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BOOKtalk - 23/01/2010
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Paddy Ashdown over his autobiography 'A Fortunate Life'.
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BOOKtalk - Andrew Gamble
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Andrew Gamble about his book The Spectre At The Feast: Capitalist Crisis and the Politics of Recession.
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BOOKtalk - Andrew Rawnsley
Mark D'Arcy talks to Andrew Rawnsley about his book The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour.
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BOOKtalk - Andrew Thorpe
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Andrew Thorpe about his book The History of the Labour Party.
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BOOKtalk - Andy Beckett
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Andy Beckett about his book, When The Lights Went Out.
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BOOKtalk - Andy McSmith
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Andy McSmith about his book No Such Thing As Society: A History of Britain in the 1980s.
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BOOKtalk - Ann Treneman
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Ann Treneman about her book Annus Horribilis: The Worst Year in British Politics.
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BOOKtalk - Beach Books
Mark D'Arcy is joined by broadcaster Nicholas Parsons, Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting and Bishop Dr Tom Butler to pick the best books for the politically-minded on the beach.
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BOOKtalk - Beach Books
Mark D'Arcy is joined by Julian Huppert MP, Liz Kendall MP and Rory Stewart MP to make their picks of the best books for the politically minded to take to the beach.
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BOOKtalk - Bertie Ahern
Mark D'Arcy talks to former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern about his autobiography.
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Mark D'Arcy discusses the latest news from the world of political publishing.
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Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Lord Morgan about his book A Life: Michael Foot.
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Mark D'Arcy talks to David Torrance about his book 'The Scottish Secretaries'.
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Michael Dobbs, Nick Cohen and Sandra Howard in discussion with Mark D'Arcy about this summer's must-read political books. Parliament is currently in recess.
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Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Robert Peston, Derek Scott and Francis Beckett about their biographies of Gordon Brown. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Bronwen Maddox
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Bronwen Maddox about her book, In Defence of America.
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BOOKtalk - Charles Williams
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Charles Williams about his new biography of Harold Macmillan.
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BOOKtalk - Chris Moncrieff
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Chris Moncrieff about his book Wine, Women and Westminster.
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BOOKtalk - Chris Moncrieff
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Chris Moncrieff about his book Wine, Women and Westminster. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Chris Mullin MP
Mark D'Arcy talks to Chris Mullin MP about his diaries, A View from the Foothills.
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BOOKtalk - Chris Mullin MP
Mark D'Arcy talks to Chris Mullin about his book Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010.
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BOOKtalk - Christmas Choices
Mark D'Arcy, Lord Strathclyde, Lord Hattersley and Sarah Sands make their Christmas choices for the political books of the year.
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BOOKtalk - Christmas Choices
Mark D'Arcy, Ed Vaizey MP, Michael White and Baroness Young of Hornsey make their Christmas choices of the political books of the year.
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BOOKtalk - Christmas Special
Mark D'Arcy, Patrick Mercer MP, Liam Halligan and Baroness D'Souza make their Christmas choices of the political books of the year.
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BOOKtalk - Christopher Andrew
Mark D'Arcy talks to Christopher Andrew about his book, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5.
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BOOKtalk - Christopher Whatley
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Professor Christopher Whatley about his book 'The Scots and the Union'.
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BOOKtalk - Colin Challen
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Colin Challen about his book Too Little, Too Late: The Politics of Climate Change.
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BOOKtalk - David Aaronovitch
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author David Aaronovitch about his book Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History.
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BOOKtalk - David Hencke
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Hencke about his book, Marching to the Fault Line.
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BOOKtalk - David Horspool
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author David Horspool about his book The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Troublemaking from the Normans to the Nineties.
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BOOKtalk - David Kynaston
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author David Kynaston about his book Austerity Britain. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - David Kynaston
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with David Kynaston about his latest political book, Family Britain: 1951-1957.
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BOOKtalk - David Marquand
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Marquand about his book, Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career of British Democracy.
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BOOKtalk - David Marsh
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Marsh about his book The Euro: The Politics of the New Global Currency.
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BOOKtalk - David Runciman
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Runciman about his book, Political Hypocrisy.
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BOOKtalk - David Sewell
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author David Sewell about his book The Political Gene: How Darwin's Ideas Changed Politics.
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BOOKtalk - David Torrance
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Torrance about his biography, George Younger: A Life Well Lived.
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BOOKtalk - David Torrance
Mark D'Arcy talks to author David Torrance about his book Salmond: Against the Odds.
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BOOKtalk - Deborah Mattinson
Mark D'Arcy talks to Deborah Mattinson about her book, Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour Stopped Listening to the Voter and Why We Need a New Politics.
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BOOKtalk - Denis McShane
Mark D'Arcy talks to Denis MacShane about his book Globalising Hatred: The New Anti-Semitism.
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BOOKtalk - Dick Leonard
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Dick Leonard about his book, Nineteenth Century Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery.
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BOOKtalk - Douglas Hurd
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Douglas Hurd about his book 'Robert Peel: A Biography'.
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BOOKtalk - Douglas Hurd
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Douglas Hurd about his book Robert Peel: A Biography. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Douglas Hurd
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Douglas Hurd about his book 'Robert Peel: A Biography'. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Dr Anthony Seldon
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Dr Anthony Seldon about his book 'Blair's Britain: 1997-2007'.
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BOOKtalk - Dr Matt Beech
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Dr Matt Beech about his book Ten Years of New Labour.
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BOOKtalk - Edward Lucas
Mark D'Arcy talks to The Economist journalist Edward Lucas about his book The New Cold War.
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BOOKtalk - Edward Pearce
Mark D'Arcy talks to Edward Pearce about his book Pitt the Elder: Man of War.
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BOOKtalk - Fareed Zakaria
Mark D'Arcy talks to Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria about his book The Post-American World.
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BOOKtalk - Ffion Hague
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Ffion Hague about her book The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George's Life. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Francis Beckett
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author Francis Beckett about his book 'Clem Attlee'.
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BOOKtalk - Gary Younge
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Gary Younge about his book, Who Are We - and Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
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BOOKtalk - General Sir Mike Jackson
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with General Sir Mike Jackson about his book 'Soldier: An Autobiography'.
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BOOKtalk - George Walden
Mark D'Arcy talks to author George Walden about his book, China: A Wolf in the World?
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BOOKtalk - Gerald Scarfe
Mark D'Arcy talks to cartoonist Gerald Scarfe about his book Monsters. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Giles Bolton
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Giles Bolton about his book, Aid and Other Dirty Business.
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BOOKtalk - Giles Edwards and Jonathan Isaby
Mark D'Arcy talks to authors Giles Edwards and Jonathan Isaby about their book, Boris v Ken: How Boris Johnson Won London.
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BOOKtalk - Giles Radice
Mark D'Arcy talks to Giles Radice about his book The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.
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BOOKtalk - Ion Trewin
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Ion Trewin about his book Alan Clark: The Biography.
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BOOKtalk - Jacob Weisberg
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Jacob Weisberg about his book The Bush Tragedy.
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BOOKtalk - Jacob Weisberg
Mark D'Arcy talks to author and BBC Business Editor Robert Peston about his book Who Runs Britain.
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BOOKtalk - James Hanning and Francis Elliott
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with James Hanning and Francis Elliott about their book Cameron.
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BOOKtalk - James Hanning and Francis Elliott
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with James Hanning and Francis Elliott about their book 'Cameron'.
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BOOKtalk - Joan Bakewell, Matthew Parris and Andrew Roberts
Mark D'Arcy and his guests Joan Bakewell, Matthew Parris and Andrew Roberts make their choice of political books to take away on holiday over the summer.
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BOOKtalk - John Adamson
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author John Adamson about his book 'The Noble Revolt'.
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BOOKtalk - John Campbell
Mark D'Arcy talks to author John Campbell about his book Pistols at Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown.
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BOOKtalk - John Charmley
Mark D'Arcy talks to author John Charmley about his book, A History of Conservative Politics Since 1830.
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BOOKtalk - John Mickelthwait
Mark D'Arcy talks to author John Mickelthwait about his book God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World.
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BOOKtalk - Jon Lawrence
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Jon Lawrence about his book Electing Our Masters: The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair.
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BOOKtalk - Jonah Goldberg
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Jonah Goldberg about his book Liberal Fascism.
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BOOKtalk - Jonathan Powell
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Jonathan Powell about his book Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland.
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BOOKtalk - Jonathan Steele
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Jonathan Steele about his book Defeat: Why We Lost Iraq.
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BOOKtalk - Julia Bush
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Julia Bush about her book Women Against the Vote: Female Anti-Suffragism in Britain.
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BOOKtalk - Kathleen Burk and Mary Jordan
Mark D'Arcy talks to authors Kathleen Burk and Mary Jordan about the latest political books covering the US Presidential Election.
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BOOKtalk - Kathleen Burk and Mary Jordan
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Professor Kathleen Burk about her book Old World, New World.
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BOOKtalk - Kenan Malik
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Kenan Malik about his book From Fatwah to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Bernard Donoughue
Mary D'Arcy talks to Lord Bernard Donoughue about his book The Downing Street Diary, Volume 2.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Bikhu Parekh
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Lord Bikhu Parekh about his book 'A New Politics of Identity'.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Lawson
Mark D'Arcy talks to senior Conservative peer Lord Lawson about his book on climate change, 'An Appeal to Reason'.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Levy
Mark D'Arcy talks to Labour peer Lord Levy about his book 'A Question of Honour'.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Morgan
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Lord Morgan about his book A Life: Michael Foot. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Norman Fowler
Mark D'Arcy talks to Lord Norman Fowler about his book, A Political Suicide: The Conservatives' Voyage into the Wilderness. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Lord Owen
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Lord Owen about his book 'In Sickness and In Power'.
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BOOKtalk - Martin Bell
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Martin Bell about his book 'The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust'.
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BOOKtalk - Martin Pugh
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Martin Pugh about his book, Speak for Britain! A History of the Labour Party.
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BOOKtalk - Michael Dobbs
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Michael Dobbs about his book, The Lords' Day.
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BOOKtalk - Michael Dobbs
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Michael Dobbs about his book The Lords' Day.
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BOOKtalk - Misha Glenny
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Misha Glenny about his book McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime.
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BOOKtalk - Nick Boles MP
Mark D'Arcy talks to Nick Boles MP about his book Which Way's Up? The Future for Coalition Britain and How To Get There.
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BOOKtalk - Nick Davies
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Nick Davies about his book, Flat Earth News.
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BOOKtalk - Nick Davies
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Patrick Cockburn about his book, Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq.
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BOOKtalk - Nick Davies
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Mark Leonard about his book, What Does China Think?
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BOOKtalk - Nigel Lawson
Mark D'Arcy talks to Nigel Lawson about his book, Memoirs of a Tory Radical.
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BOOKtalk - Ophelia Field
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Ophelia Field about her book The Kit-Kat Club.
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BOOKtalk - Paddy Ashdown
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Paddy Ashdown about his book 'Swords and Ploughshares: Building Peace in the 21st Century'.
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BOOKtalk - Paddy Ashdown
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Paddy Ashdown about his book Swords and Ploughshares: Building Peace in the 21st Century. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Paddy Ashdown
Mark D'Arcy speaks to Lord Paddy Ashdown about his book A Fortunate Life.
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BOOKtalk - Peter Hennessy
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Peter Hennessy about his book, The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010.
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BOOKtalk - Peter Hitchens
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Peter Hitchens about his book The Broken Compass: How British Politics Lost Its Way.
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BOOKtalk - Peter Oborne
Mark D'Arcy talks to Peter Oborne about his book 'The Triumph of the Political Class'.
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BOOKtalk - Peter Watt
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Peter Watt about his book Inside Out: My Story of Betrayal and Cowardice at the Heart of New Labour.
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BOOKtalk - Philip Ziegler
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Philip Ziegler about his book, Edward Heath: the Authorised Biography.
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BOOKtalk - Professor Kathleen Burk
Mark D'Arcy talks to Professor Kathleen Burk about her book 'Old World, New World'.
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BOOKtalk - Professor Paul Bew
Mark D'Arcy talks to Professor Paul Bew about his book 'The Politics of Enmity: Britain and Ireland'.
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BOOKtalk - Professor Paul Bew
Mark D'Arcy talks to MP and author Norman Baker about his book The Strange Death of David Kelly.
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BOOKtalk - Professor Philip Cowley
Mark D'Arcy talks to Professor Philip Cowley about his book The British General Election of 2010.
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BOOKtalk - Richard Milton
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Richard Milton about his book, Best of Enemies: Britain and Germany - 100 Years of Truth and Lies.
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BOOKtalk - Richard Toye
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Richard Toye about his book 'Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness'.
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BOOKtalk - Robert Peston and Francis Beckett
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Robert Peston, Derek Scott and Francis Beckett about their biographies of Gordon Brown.
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BOOKtalk - Robert Peston and Francis Beckett
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Robert Peston, Derek Scott and Francis Beckett about their biographies of Gordon Brown. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Roy Hattersley
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Roy Hattersley about his book, Borrowed Time: The Story of Britain Between the Wars.
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BOOKtalk - Roy Hattersley
Mark D'Arcy talks to Roy Hattersley about his book David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider.
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BOOKtalk - Shirley Williams
Mark D'Arcy talks to Shirley Williams about her autobiography, Climbing the Bookshelves.
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BOOKtalk - Sir Ian Blair
Mark D'Arcy talks to Sir Ian Blair about his book Policing Controversy.
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BOOKtalk - Sir Menzies Campbell
Mark D'Arcy talks to Sir Menzies Campbell about his autobiography.
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BOOKtalk - Sir Menzies Campbell
Mark D'Arcy talks to Sir Menzies Campbell about his autobiography.
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BOOKtalk - Sir Menzies Campbell
Mark D'Arcy talks to Sir Menzies Campbell about his autobiography.
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BOOKtalk - Stephen Haseler
Mark D'Arcy talks to Stephen Haseler about his book Meltdown: How the 'Masters of the Universe' Destroyed the West's Power and Prosperity.
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BOOKtalk - Stephen Meredith
Mark D'Arcy talks to Stephen Meredith about his book 'Labours Old and New'.
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BOOKtalk - Stephen Robinson
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Stephen Robinson about his book The Remarkable Life of Bill Deedes.
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BOOKtalk - The Credit Crunch
Mark D'Arcy and guests Vince Cable, Gillian Tett and Paul Mason look at books analysing the credit crunch and the effects of the global financial crisis.
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BOOKtalk - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Mark D'Arcy talks to Labour MP Tristram Hunt and Fabian Society General Secretary Sunder Katwala about Robert Tressle's classic book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
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BOOKtalk - The summer's must-read political books
Michael Dobbs, Nick Cohen and Sandra Howard in discussion with Mark D'Arcy about this summer's must-read political books.
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BOOKtalk - The summer's must-read political books
Michael Dobbs, Nick Cohen and Sandra Howard in discussion with Mark D'Arcy about this summer's must-read political books. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - The summer's must-read politics books
Michael Dobbs, Nick Cohen and Sandra Howard in discussion with Mark D'Arcy about this summer's must-read political books. Parliament is currently in recess.
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BOOKtalk - Tim Bale
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Tim Bale about his book The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron.
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BOOKtalk - Tony Benn
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with Tony Benn about his book, More Time for Politics: Diaries 2001-2007.
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BOOKtalk - Tristram Hunt
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Tristram Hunt about his book The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels.
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BOOKtalk - Will Hutton
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author Will Hutton about his book 'China: The Writing on the Wall'.
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BOOKtalk - William Hague
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with William Hague about his book on William Wilberforce.
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BOOKtalk - William Hague
Mark D'Arcy in discussion with William Hague about his book William Wilberforce. Parliament is currently in recess.
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