Biteback Chats Books Podcast
1) Pete Carvill on the psychology and passion of boxing
Pete Carvill is a reporter, writer, and editor for the UK’s trade press. He first put on boxing gloves twenty years ago and has only recently taken them off. His book Death of a Boxer explores the ps...Show More
2) Alex Grant on John Vassall: the neglected 1960s spy scandal
Alex Grant is a writer, researcher and lecturer specialising in politics, biography and modern history. Having been a journalist in Parliament and a Labour councillor in Greenwich for sixteen years, h...Show More
3) Linda McDougall on Marcia Williams: Challenging misconceptions and misalignments
Linda McDougall is a journalist, television producer and author of Cherie: The Perfect Life of Mrs Blair and Westminster Women. She is also known as the wife of the late Austin Mitchell, who was a jou...Show More
Linda McDougall on Marcia Williams: Challenging misconceptions and misalignments
25:42 | Nov 1st, 2023
4) Nigel Fletcher on the Leaders of the Opposition
Dr Nigel Fletcher is a political historian and has taught at King’s College London since 2017. He is the co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies and has previously worked as a political advise...Show More
5) Lord Ashcroft on what makes Rishi Sunak tick
Lord Ashcroft is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He is also the former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. To date, Lord Ashcroft has written ce...Show More
6) Kathleen Wyatt on why lying is good for you
Kathleen Wyatt is a speechwriter, journalist and editor. She spent sixteen years as a columnist and reviewer at The Times and speaks six languages! Her book, The Social Superpower: The Big Truth About...Show More
7) Jesse Norman on the political rivalry that shaped an era
Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and the author of acclaimed biographies of Edmund Burke and Adam Smith. His novel, The Winding Stair, is an epic tale of jealousy and intri...Show More
8) Andy McSmith on the inner workings of government
Andy McSmith is a lobby journalist who worked for many years for national newspapers including the Daily Mirror, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Independent and was political editor of the Independent o...Show More
9) Tom Clark on fixing Britain’s poverty crisis
Tom Clark is a journalist, a contributing editor at Prospect and a fellow at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and was previously a leading writer at The Guardian for ten years. His new book, Broke, is ...Show More
10) Sarah-Louise Miller on women in intelligence during WW2
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller is an experienced historian, researcher, author, educator and media consultant, specialising in Second World War history. Her book, The Women Behind the Few, explores the Second...Show More