David Hare and John Kampfner

Politics

Strange stuff happens

• 05 June 2006

The New Statesman's event was one of the highlights of this year's Hay literary festival: Britain's leading political playwright, David Hare, took the stage with the NS editor, John Kampfner, for a conversation about Iraq and covert censorship

Diary - David Hare

• 19 December 2005

It's ignoble to spend your life defending the strong against the weak, but it's more ignoble to make a living pretending the strong are hard done by

Diary - David Hare

• 29 September 2003

Oswald Mosley was held to be a dangerous orator, but did people take that voice seriously? Will future generations believe we listened to Margaret Thatcher and didn't just laugh?

Politics

NS Interview - David Hare

• 17 February 2003

Our most important political playwright thinks the cabinet has far too many ''deadheads'', but he still respects Blair. David Hare interviewed by Mary Riddell