Direct from the frontline of politics and media

A cast of characters from the centre of the biggest political and media dramas of recent times will share their version of events at Lennoxlove this year. Not to be missed… 

Alistair Darling

In Back From The Brink, Alistair tells the gripping story of how the world’s financial institutions were saved, steadied and enabled to carry on. This is a prime historical document, written like a thriller. Hear Alistair as he shares defining moments, the repercussions of which have affected us all.

Sarah Brown

In her fascinating account of family life at 10 Downing Street from 2007 to 2010, Behind the Black Door, Sarah tells a fresh, warm and perceptive story of the background to the great events that rumbled across the world stage. Her view of the key personalities involved in the financial crash of 2008 and its aftermath is a unique and close-up perspective.

Allan Little

The BBC’s Special Correspondent has spent part of his career dealing with some of the most dangerous, volatile people on the planet. In his superb talk, Dictators I Have Known, Allan tells of encounters with a gallery of monsters. His extraordinary accounts detail dangerous and delicate situations in which even experienced reporters can find themselves when pursuing a story.

Hacking Unhacked

The phone hacking scandal has become one of the biggest, most far-reaching stories in Britain this century. Hear what happened at length and first hand from those at the centre of politics – Chris Bryant MP, Michael Moore MP (Secretary of State for Scotland), and Dan Sabbagh of The Guardian.

James Naughtie

Jim, a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme, has occupied a ringside seat on public life, interviewing a hugely varied cast of characters and reporting from home and abroad on the events that have shaped our time. He looks back on the momentous, the tragic and the hilarious, reliving the joys and the frustrations of a life on the road and behind the microphone. A personal and political story, not to be missed.
Tam Dalyell

Vivid, principled, a great parliamentarian famous for asking awkward questions, Tam Dalyell has achieved far more in a busy, bustling political life than many who have held the great offices of state. After 43 years as MP for West Lothian and Linlithgow, he sat down to write a memoir entitled, what else, ’The Importance of Being Awkward’ which he’ll share with us at Lennoxlove.

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