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Book SynopsisSteve Richards is a political columnist, journalist, author and presenter. He regularly presents The Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4 and has presented BBC series on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. He is the author of The Prime Ministers and The Prime Ministers We Never Had, the latter of which was named a Book of the Year' in The Guardian and The Times.
He writes for several national newspapers including the Guardian, the Independent and the Financial Times. He also presents a popular political one-man show each year at the Edinburgh Festival and across the UK.
Trade ReviewAn engaging canter through postwar Britain . . . shaped by a lifetime of reading * Prospect *
A wonderful book to savour. Only Richards can take you on a journey that flies so gracefully above the hurly-burly of politics and explain what’s actually going on -- Isabel Hardman, author of
Why We Get the Wrong PoliticiansA pure pleasure to read. Richards is the ideal companion for anyone wishing to taste, feel and understand the ebbs and flows of the British experience since the end of the Second World War. The key characters live and breathe in his pages -- Peter Hennessy, historian and author of
A Duty of CareA masterly account. Insightful, thoughtful and above all full of empathy,
Turning Points is a work of understanding as well as scholarship -- Gavin Esler, journalist and author of
How Britain EndsSo many turning points, so little real turning. Through wonderful vignettes, Richards offers a masterful, clear-eyed and, above all, entertaining history of British politics. To pilot a better future, we need to learn how not to repeat the mistakes of the past. The book is a lesson in just that -- Will Hutton,
Observer columnist
Excellent. Steve Richards is one of the shrewdest political commentators we have -- Andrew Marr, author of
The Making of Modern Britain, on
The Prime Ministers We Never HadA better and more thought-provoking book than most of those about prime ministers -- Tim Shipman, author of
All Out War, on
The Prime Ministers We Never HadA fascinating and original book that sheds new light on the forces that shape British politics -- Iain Dale, broadcaster and commentator, on
The Prime Ministers We Never Had
