To write A Journey, Blair locked himself away at his Foundation HQ at home in Connaught Square with piles of notes, prepared by his loyal staff... more
As Mandelson beats Blair to be first to publish his memoirs of the New Labour years next week, we reveal what the books will expose and the behind-the-scenes battle between two publishing rivals.... more
For all the concentration on Gordon Brown's bullying, The End Of the Party is a much more complete account of New Labour than that. It is all the more devastating for it... more
The Tories know they must make cuts if they regain power but how to sell the idea to voters is proving tricky - so will make "a start", rather than vicious-sounding "swingeing cuts"... more
Brighton’s landmark hotel has seen it all, from the IRA bomb to Tony Blair’s reaction to 9/11. Next week’s conference gatherers will find it has lost none of its grandeur... more
This, says 23-year-old Georgia Gould, was the toughest, most shattering experience of her life. She did not see it coming, she admits, because at first nobody paid much attention to her attempt to win selection for the soon-to-be-vacated Labour seat of Erith and Thamesmead... more
A Labour peer and one of Tony Blair's former closest advisers launched a scathing attack on a "smear campaign" aimed at derailing his daughter's hopes of becoming an MP... more
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.
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Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell have been secretly giving advice to Labour campaign chiefs on how to get Ken Livingstone re-elected, it emerged... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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