Yeovil Literary Festival

Yeovil Literary Festival

At the moment I’m promoting two books, ‘Death on the Thames’ published in March and not due to go paperback until January, and my concise Harold Wilson biography, published in September. (I’m also writing a third book which I hope to finish by the Spring.) At Yeovil...
Off the Shelf – Sheffield

Off the Shelf – Sheffield

I did ‘Off the Shelf’ a few years ago at Sheffield Hallam. I returned on Friday, October 25th, this time to the other Sheffield University (the city has two of everything – football teams, universities). Here I am in Firth House with my interviewer,...
Alan Johnson’s lesson for Keir Starmer

Alan Johnson’s lesson for Keir Starmer

James Ball from ‘The New European’ has written an article regarding Alan’s latest book ‘Harold Wilson’ with the headline ‘Alan Johnson’s lesson for Keir Starmer – Johnson says that his new book on Harold Wilson isn’t meant as...
Bringing Harold Wilson home to Yorkshire

Bringing Harold Wilson home to Yorkshire

The Ilkley Literature Festival is the first Harold Wilson event I’ve done in the great man’s home county. My wife drove me there on a wet Sunday morning to speak to a packed out audience of five-hundred in the magnificent King’s Hall opposite the station. Ilkley is...
Dearly Beloved

Dearly Beloved

No, I haven’t joined the priesthood, but I did appear in church last night and it was a sermon of sorts. The fabulous Topping bookshop chain invited me to Edinburgh to talk about Harold Wilson. Robert Topping himself was on stage with me on a wet evening when an...