I have always been sceptical of ‘fad’ diets. I remember the Cambridge diet in the 1980s. The 5-2 diet in the noughties, and plenty in between. I never questioned their short term effectiveness, but ...

Inheritance tax at its current rate of 40% on estates over a certain threshold is already a criminal amount. Proposing to increase it to 100% is a step toward an authoritarian state where the ...

All universities have a reputation and you can only build a reputation over time, yet Professor Galbraith appears to think his institution should be given a leg up through penalising the success of ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

Today is publication day for my new book THE PRIME MINISTERS 1721-2020 - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. It was lovely to get an invite to mark the occasion to go on the TODAY PROGRAMME ...

Because of eyesight issues which affected me earlier in the year I have probably read fewer books this year than any other year in my life, But here are ten I have really enjoyed and would recommend ...

I rarely watch women’s football. I just don’t find it as exciting as the men’s game as it’s slower and the skill levels are just not the same. Having said that, I recognise that the game has increased ...

I first appeared at the Fowey Festival at least 20 years ago. My role was to interview Ann Widdecombe about one of her novels. I fell in love with the place and went back to Fowey a couple of times ...

This will be the fourth year I have hosted IAIN DALE ALL TALK at the Edinburgh Fringe and I'm delighted to be back! There are so far 13 shows booked, all at the Edinburgh International Conference ...

Never speak ill of a fellow conservative. This was sentiment Ronald Reagan echoed a few decades ago about his fellow Republicans. It seems, however, that despite being a self-described Thatcherite, ...

In opposition, Rachel Reeves used to do a monthly phone-in with me. She even did one on the evening of Jeremy Hunt’s last budget a year ago. Ever since she has been Chancellor I’ve been trying to ...

There are still ten full days of campaigning to go, yet virtually everyone on the right has given up hope of anything that will dent Labour’s seemingly impregnable likely majority. So naturally the ...