This week, Iain is joined by Richard Bradford to talk about "Orwell: A Man of Our Time".

As one of the most enduringly popular and controversial novelists of the last century, the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death in 2020 will certainly be marked by conferences, festivals and media events - but more significant than these acts of commemoration is his relevance today.

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From the Archives: Gyles Brandreth talks about his book Brief Encounters from a 2001 edition of Stairway to Heaven. This was the first time Iain hosted a show on LBC!

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He's a figure in history of whom many have heard, but how much do you actually know about Oliver Cromwell? Paul Lay's book "Providence Lost: The Rise & Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate" might just help you to fill in some of those gaps in your knowledge of history!

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This week, we look back into the archives as Iain spoke to Germaine Greer about her 2013 book "White Beech".

Welcome to the Best Of the Book Club for this year!

Features clips from -

Johann Hari

Ben Elton

Emily Maitlis

Gyles Brandreth

Macer Gifford

Anita Anand

Mark Bright

Talat Ahmed & Kavita Puri

Jacqui Smith

Damian Barr

Paul Mason

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Tom Bradby

Rod Liddle

Matt Stadlen

From Iain and Producer Travis, we at the Book Club wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Economist, journalist and broadcaster Liam Halligan joins Iain to discuss his book - "Home Truths: The UK's Chronic Housing Shortage – how it Happened, why it Matters and the Way to Solve it".

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Another returnee on this episode of the Book Club, she was on the first ever episode of the podcast, promoting the previous volume of Honourable Ladies and today is all about Volume 2 of that book. It is edited by Jackie and our very own Iain Dale! It highlights the profiles of each woman MP elected from 1997 to 2019, and written is by an impressive array of solely female contributors, such as Emily Thornberry, Edwina Currie, Ayesha Hazarika, Natalie Bennett and Dia Chakravarty.

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Ian is joined by former BBC reporter John Sweeney and Manuel Delia, Maltese blogger and co-author of "Murder on the Malta Express: Who killed Daphne Caruana Galizia?" The book charts the murder of the Maltese journalist following her quest to uncover corruption and dirty money in Malta's political system.

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Welcome along to the Book Club for this week. Iain is joined by Asa Bennett to discuss his book 'Romanifesto'. The book is all about how the Roman's did politics and what today's politicians could learn from their Roman predecessors.

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Welcome to Chapter 75 of Iain Dale's Book Club with Dorothy Byrne. She's the Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 and she's here to discuss her book, 'TRUST ME, I'M NOT A POLITICIAN: A simple guide to saving democracy'.

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