Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

There’s nothing like going to a new country for the first time, and absolutely loving it. I’ve just come back from a couple of days in Sweden, which for some inexplicable reason I had never visited ...

It was in the interval of watching a Cliff Richard concert in Cardiff last night that I learned that Brian Hayes had died at the age of 87. I knew he was ill, but it was still something of a shock, ...

Sometimes I think: “Is it me, or is the world going mad?” This weekend is one of those occasions. We’ve had weeks of the Chancellor flying all sorts of tax raising kites and leaking different budget ...

This collection of essays about the sixteen men who have led Irish governments has the subtitle: “a century of political leadership”. The essays, however, demonstrate that leadership qualities were in ...

This is a review of 'The Taoiseach' in the Irish Times by Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland's most respected commentators and historians. Have we been well served by our taoisigh? This collection of ...

Finding the right Christmas present for men of a certain age can be a nightmare. They have enough socks at this stage to last three lifetimes. That’s why so many sports biographies come out in autumn.

When a high profile prisoner, who has been found guilty of committing sex offences against young girls, is wrongly released from prison, and when you find out that last year 262 prisoners were ...

Thursday sees the publication of my new book THE TAOISEACH. Back in 2021, I edited a book called The Prime Ministers. It was a collection of 55 essays, each written by a different historian, ...

The current political consensus appears to be that the next election is Reform’s to lose. According to one veteran Tory strategist the Tories are approaching an “Extinction Level Event”. Political ...

Reshuffle in haste, repent at leisure. I suspect that will be what people conclude about Keir Starmer’s reshuffle. It bore all the hallmarks of being scribbled on the back of a fag packet. If you’re ...