One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes ...

A former Conservative MP who lost his seat at last year’s general election has been accused of still "parading around as an MP" by the leader of the House of Commons.

His back catalogue includes the stage plays This House on 1970s British politics, Labour of Love about the ideological ...

Blue Labour came to prominence during Ed Miliband’s leadership (see Rowenna Davis’s fine Tangled Up in Blue for the backstory ...

Alongside the likes of Winston Churchill and Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher remains one of the most memorable British leaders ...

Steve Coogan is a British actor and comedian and is best known for his role as the fictional radio and television presenter Alan Partridge, but has also starred in a number of films ...

Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher were soulmates. He was a Labour MP who became a TV interviewer, she was the Tory leader whose radical restoration of economic choice and class aspiration rescued ...

Steve Coogan stars as former Labour MP turned interviewer Brian Walden in Channel 4 drama Brian and Walden. The new Channel 4 drama delves into how a single television interview in 1989 by ex ...

Former Labour MP turned ITV journalist Walden conducted the interview and after being on good terms the pair never spoke again after the interview. The drama series Brian and Maggie will show the ...

In his latest TV show, writer James Graham turns his attention to the 1989 showdown between journalist Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher ...