Ian Aitken

Articles by Ian Aitken

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Reluctant assassin

  • 19 May 2003

Newspapermen: Hugh Cudlipp, Cecil Harmsworth King and the glory days of Fleet Street Ruth Dudley Edwards Secker & Warburg, 484pp, £20 ISBN 0436199920

Fated always to come second?

  • 11 June 2001

Everyone sees Brown and Portillo as future party leaders. But history suggests they will fail

In those days, it really was tough

  • 02 April 2001

A foot-and-mouth crisis, a terrible train crash, rising petrol prices. In 1967, Harold Wilson had to cope with all of them, and more

Mr Worsthorne doesn't come here any more

  • 25 September 2000

A Short Walk Down Fleet Street Alan Watkins Duckworth, 272pp, £18 ISBN 0715629107

The New Statesman Profile - Harrods

  • 24 May 1999
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Once the preserve of the toff, Fayed's emporium is now a Mecca for vulgarians

The New Statesman Profile - Paul Routledge

  • 15 January 1999

Born with coal dust in his navel, his victims now include two top ministers, a spin-doctor and a PM's peace of mind

The long road to oblivion. Ian Aitken on Simon Heffer's lucid and majestic tribute to the controversial genius of Enoch Powell

  • 11 December 1998

Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell Simon Heffer Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1,024pp, £25

The New Statesman Profile - Annie's Bar

  • 04 December 1998

At the heart of the Commons stands a watering hole where indiscretion is routine and intrigue flourishes

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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