Biteback Chats Books

On the Biteback podcast today is Labour peer, author and academic Andrew Adonis! We chat about his new book Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill, that historic 1945 election and who today's Bevin might be... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week we welcome the authors of Last Rights, Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley, to talk about assisted dying, hospice care and why getting a bill through Parliament is a lot more difficult than you might expect... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, we're chatting to barrister and blogger Colin Yeo about the UK immigration system! Find out more about the gaping flaws in how we welcome people to the UK, why we don't see immigration as much in the news anymore and what the government can do to fix things. Colin Yeo's book Welcome to Britain is out on 29 June: find out more by clicking the link below. https://www.bitebackpublishing.co...

On the day of publication for his new book Unfair Game, Lord Ashcroft talks to Biteback Chats Books about South Africa's illegal lion trade, his undercover operations and what governments around the world can do stop the exploitation of lions. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Football journalist Matt Spiro joins us in the virtual Biteback studio to talk about the rise and fall of the French national team, Les Bleus, to celebrate the release of his new book, Sacré Bleu. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alongside his colleague James Roberts, Martyn Whittock is the author of Trump and the Puritans, which examined America's puritanical legacy and that legacy's role in the rise of Donald Trump. Here, Martyn examines Trump's Presidency in the age of coronavirus and investigates just how much his policy is influenced by the evangelical right. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech....

Sit down with the author of our latest book, Kensington Palace, and listen to Tom Quinn talk about everything from sweet-talking ex-servants to the more eccentric inhabitants of this iconic building... Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As the Biteback Book Festival gets political, we ask political expert and lobbyist Iain Anderson his opinion on Brexit, the coronavirus and the government's response to both.  Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We interview former MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for the Biteback Book Festival! Discover what Jacqui's been doing in isolation, what inspired her to become involved in politics and who her inspiration is...  Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Jacqui Smith gives a reading of one of her favourite biographies from her and Iain Dale's book The Honourable Ladies: Volume One: that of Betty Boothroyd, written by Nus Ghani. Sit back and relax! Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sit back and travel to Eastern Europe from the comfort of your chair as author Robert O'Connor talks about football and ex-Soviet breakaway states for the Biteback pod. Robert's book, Blood and Circuses, is out from Biteback Publishing on 28th April. Music Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat to journalist Seb Whale about his new book, John Bercow: Call to Order, a biography of the most divisive Speaker in a generation... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Listen to this exclusive extract from Seb Whale's brand new book John Bercow: Call to Order, read by Seb himself...

Listen to the third extract from Seb Whale's new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.

Listen to the second extract from Seb Whale's brand new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.

Listen to author Seb Whale read the first extract from his brand-new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.

This week, we talk to interim co-leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Pack, about the ups and downs of the news cycle, the leadership contest and why you should always read the last paragraph in a Daily Mail story... Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We sit down with new MP and long-time MSP Kenny MacAskill to chat about Scotland's hidden radical history, life as an MP and why Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting isn't all it's cracked up to be... Music:  Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/