• 54 minutes 11 seconds
    372. Lord Matthew Elliott

    Iain Dale interviews Tory peer and former chief executive of Vote Leave Lord Elliott. Ten years on from the Brexit vote, Lord Elliott has a book out - TEN YEARS ON: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BREXIT - REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE OF CAMPAIGNING.

    24 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    371. Catherine Mayer

    Iain Dale interviews author and activist Catherine Mayer about founding the Women's Equality Party, losing her husband suddenly and how she's dealing with the grief, and her new book DIVIDE AND RULE: ROYAL WOMEN AND THEIR BATTLES.

    18 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    370. Francis Foster

    Iain Dale interviews comedian and podcaster (and former teacher) Francis Foster about his new book (UN)EDUCATED: MY LIFE AS A TEACHER, AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER BECOME ONE.

    10 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    369. Dr Sian Williams

    Iain Dale interviews broadcaster-turned-counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams - live from Fowey!

    3 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    368. Lord Peter Ricketts

    Iain Dale interviews former head of the Foreign Office and former national security adviser Lord Ricketts - live from Fowey.

    27 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 56 minutes 47 seconds
    367. Sarah Vine

    Iain Dale interviews Mail columnist Sarah Vine, live in Fowey.

    20 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 57 minutes 49 seconds
    366. Sir Jeremy Hunt

    Iain Dale interviews former Conservative foreign secretary and chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt, live in Fowey.

    13 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 45 minutes 48 seconds
    365. From the archive: Jonathan Powell

    Iain Dale interviews former Blair chief of staff Jonathan Powell back in 2011 about his book THE NEW MACHIAVELLI: HOW TO WIELD POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD.

    Jonathan Powell is now the PM's national security adviser.

    7 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 48 minutes 44 seconds
    364. Mary Beard

    Iain Dale interviews the wonderful Mary Beard about her new book TALKING CLASSICS: THE SHOCK OF THE OLD.

    30 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 52 minutes 27 seconds
    363. James Macintyre

    Iain Dale interviews the author James Macintyre about his new book GORDON BROWN: POWER WITH PURPOSE - going through Brown's political awakening, the battle for the Labour leadership, and then the huge challenges he faced in office.

    22 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 4 seconds
    362. Paul Bessell

    Iain Dale interviews author Paul Bessel about his new book FINDING DAD, a memoir-investigation into the life of Paul’s father, Peter Bessel: a Liberal MP (1964-1970), close friend of Jeremy Thorpe, later a key prosecution witness in the 1979 Thorpe conspiracy-to-murder trial. Bessel explains why he delayed writing for decades, what triggered the book, and how fearful he was of uncovering painful truths in his parents’ archives. The conversation traces Peter Bessel’s rise as a respected Cornish MP, his later financial collapse, a dramatic disappearance in 1974 that left his family suddenly impoverished, and the complicated, sometimes clandestine life he led (including secret “work” Bessel suspects may have involved US national security).

    15 April 2026, 12:00 am
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