The conversation: Jim Killock and Iain Dale on the WikiLeaks information war
As hackers join the battle between WikiLeaks and the US government, Conservative blogger Iain Dale and open access campaigner Jim Killock take sides. Susanna Rustin moderatesThis week saw the...
View ArticleIain Dale to quit blogging
Prominent political commentator says he is tired of online 'backbiting' and wants to focus on mainstream media careerThe prominent online political commentator Iain Dale today announced that he plans...
View ArticleA second life for UK political blogging? | Iain Dale
The mainstream media have sapped the strength of the independent blogosphere. Group blogs may revive itWhen I gave up blogging six months ago, the reaction to it was astonishing. It was akin to being...
View ArticleIs this really the death of political blogging?
Iain Dale, who is coming out of his 'retirement' from political blogging, decrees mainstream media has 'eaten up the blogosphere' – but leftwing bloggers claim rightwingers like him have just run out...
View ArticleIain Dale | MediaGuardian 100 2011
The former political lobbyist and financial journalist is poised to return to the fray with a new online magazineJob: bloggerAge: 49Industry: digital mediaNew entryIt was a sign of Iain Dale's...
View ArticleIain Dale | MediaGuardian 100 2012
With a radio slot on LBC as well as his blogging empire, the rightwing commentator is also making an impact on TwitterJob: blogger, radio presenterAge: 50Continue reading...
View ArticleA week in radio: Iain Dale on LBC
Iain Dale's phone-in isn't all politics: topics such as depression and bereavement make it a tearful experienceThere's a quiet, arresting radio revolution going on at LBC between 7pm and 10pm Monday to...
View ArticleLBC gives Iain Dale drivetime slot
Tory blogger to take over James Whale's former show, and will be replaced on weekday evenings by Clive BullTory blogger Iain Dale has been given the drivetime slot on London talk station LBC 97.3 after...
View ArticleMedia Talk podcast: defamation bill, Iain Dale on LBC and Eurovision
John Plunkett and guests on whether the defamation bill will fall, LBC's new drivetime host and the UK's Eurovision chancesOn this week's Media Talk, we discuss how Stephen Fry, Tom Stoppard and some...
View ArticleDamian McBride's publisher Iain Dale wrestles with anti-nuclear protester -...
Damian McBride's publisher, Iain Dale, is caught on camera in a scuffle with a protester on a pier in Brighton. Dale, a political blogger and the publisher of Power Trip, McBride's book about being an...
View ArticleDamian McBride's publisher in on-air scuffle with anti-nuclear protester
Iain Dale, the publisher behind McBride's memoirs, was caught by TV cameras grappling with a man on Brighton seafrontIt always promised to be a combative party conference, but Labour's political...
View ArticleDamian McBride's publisher faces new police interview on Brighton scuffle
Iain Dale asked to return to police station in relation to an alleged assault on anti-nuclear protesterDamian McBride's book publisher has been asked to return to Brighton police station on Thursday in...
View ArticleDamian McBride's publisher receives police caution for scuffle with protester
Iain Dale admits common assault on anti-nuclear protester and apologises for blogpost in which he called him an 'idiot'Damian McBride's publisher has received a police caution for common assault over a...
View ArticleTen of the worst publishing moments
A televised scuffle on the Brighton seafront made a laughing-stock of editor Iain Dale this week - but that's nothing compared with the humiliation of the publishers who turned down Harry PotterIain...
View ArticleHow Brexit hit the book world
Has fact become stranger than fiction? Book sales, publishing contracts and even whole writing genres may be affected by the fallout from the referendum“Feel as if I’m living in a bad dystopian...
View ArticleTheresa May refuses to say if she would vote for Brexit in fresh poll
Prime minister repeatedly avoids question during radio phone-in where she struggles to give clear answers on Brexit issuesTheresa May has refused to say if she would vote for Brexit if another...
View ArticleBoris Johnson row: 'It does make you question his mentality'
Tory activists split as news of argument with partner knocks Brexit off top talking spotWhen thousands of Conservative party members booked their tickets to the first leadership hustings in Birmingham,...
View ArticleIt's what people turn to': Lauren Laverne, Iain Dale and others on why radio...
Audience numbers for live radio have soared. Presenters from the national to the local talk about the medium’s unique way of connectingThere was a moment, in early lockdown, when everything “live”...
View ArticleLBC host Iain Dale breaks long silence over attempted rape
Inspired by a female date rape survivor, the radio pundit says men must report sex assaults and learn to confront their experiencesNearly 30 years ago, the award-winning radio host and political pundit...
View ArticleThe week in audio: Fallen Women; Iain Dale; Kevin O’Sullivan; A House in...
A chilling podcast explores 17 cases of women who fell to their deaths in suspicious circumstancesFallen WomenTortoise MediaIain DaleLBCKevin O’SullivantalkRadioA House in History Radio 4 | BBC...
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