One of the most interesting MPs I ever met Frank Field. Took him for lunch and spent two hours discussing the King James bible. Unique, compassionate and difficult, the way good politicans should be.

Coming up on ⁦Times Radio⁩ Drive ..
⁦John Nilsson-Wright⁩ on earthquakes +
⁦Bob Seely MP⁩ on Red Sea +
⁦Angela Stent⁩ & Lord Robertson on Ukraine +
⁦Sir Anthony Seldon⁩ on politics +
⁦Ross Hawkins⁩ & ⁦Hugo Swire⁩ on the year ahead

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- 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Update
- 🗞️ Sunday Papers Dom Joly Ross Hawkins
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda Ruling Dan Sohege 🧡
- 📖’Code Name Kingfisher’ Liz Kessler
- ❓Full Fact
- 🪄 Remembering David Berglas with Derren Brown

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Huge thanks to sam upton for including me talking about fish and Brexit in the BBC Academy's Podcast series. Long live the radio package. For anyone who fancies archive EU quota analysis & nice effects (all of us, surely) it's five minutes in here - bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Some superb vintage lobbying from the bookshop. A 1944 pamphlet on the joy and beauty of motorways.

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- 🏥 ‘New’ Hospitals Paul Gallagher
- 🗞️ Sunday Papers Dom Joly + Ross Hawkins
- 💊🇸🇾 Captagon Louise Callaghan
- 📖🎥 ’Aurora’ by David Koepp
- 📊 Latest Polling Deltapoll Joe Twyman
- 🎶 George Logan ‘Hinge and Bracket’ with Líam Rudden 🧢

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How sad. Buying The Information as a teenager felt wildly sophisticated. Beside myself as a student interviewing Amis. About half artsy undergrads my generation wanted to be him (other half convinced they were Auden). Don't know if he's read so much today.

On the radio now. We may discuss flatulent cows… Times Radio

Enjoying the careful distant tone as broadcasters revel in the chance to say 'absolute arses' on the radio this morning.

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- 🩺 NHS in crisis Rob Galloway
- 🗞️ Sunday Papers F.L.Everett + Ross Hawkins
- 🏃‍♂️Olympic Legacy Nick Smith MP
- Full Fact fact check Sunak and Starmer speeches
- 📺 ‘Death in Paradise’ with Ginny Holder

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Lots of opportunities at one of the best papers for young journalists to make their names

Saying words on the radio later. Looking forward to my World Cup tradition of talking with absolute certainty about sport despite almost total ignorance 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

OBR economists are taught 'raising ironic eyebrows in apparently bland prose' from an early age

I did years grabbing MPs for interviews after big votes in the Commons. I've never heard anything quite like Charles Walker on the BBC and Chris Bryant on Sky tonight

If there's one thing that calms down destabilising Westminster speculation it's a good old fashioned mystery

Well, that was a lively half hour on BBC Radio 4 Today

How does Britain’s ancient constitution work? Take a seat and I’ll explain…

Local radio presenters can be a dangerous bunch. Local radio presenters with the country listening, knowing their best bits will go viral on social media can be very dangerous.

Bill Turnbull was one of the kindest, gentlest broadcasters, and great fun at 4am - which is a rare skill. Enjoyed an election working with him more than any other. Just terribly sad news.

Just after Gove was made Justice Secretary I pitched idea of piece on his policy options. Did tour of the great and good on the topic. Kept hearing the same 2 things: (a) they’d spoken to Gove himself already and (b) he’d listened but given nothing away. Fascinating politician