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If I could start my life again, I'd make the young me continue with piano and guitar lessons. I might even make me stick with the violin…
What a year it has been. If when I left Parliament last December you told me that a year later I would be featuring next to Tony Hawk…
Listen to Persons of Interest featuring Eddie Izzard, Sandie Shaw, Cosmo Landesman, Professor Edith Hall, Ian Livingstone and more.
During my 20 years as a Labour MP, I met extraordinarily creative people from many countries and professions. All too often, my meetings were fleeting. Now I have corrected this, as I spend time for longer, informal conversations to find out what drives successful artists, writers, actors, academics and musicians.
Persons of Interest is the output of some remarkably candid conversations that are both revealing and surprising. During the first series, I talk garter belts, endurance training and gender fluidity with Eddie Izzard. British music icon Sandie Shaw explains how to move a river, Hanif Kureshi sets out his dream of a future creative Utopia and Cosmo Landesman educates me in the etiquette of bumping into your own brother at an S&M Club.
‘An honest and fascinating account of the journey that Tom made from discovering he was a type 2 diabetic to doing something about it. This book will change lives.’ – Michael Mosley
I began to put on weight in his early twenties, while studying at the University of Hull. I continued to pile on the pounds when I entered the world of politics as an MP, despite short-lived flirtations with fad diets and fitness classes.
After being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in late 2015, I decided to take control of my diet and exercise. I started to feel better quickly and within a short time his long-term blood sugar levels were within normal range. By July 2018, I had come off diabetes medication and had climbed Mount Snowdon.
'A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal'
- Sarah Vaughan
The must-read political thriller of the 21st century. The House is a gripping, brilliantly paced, ripped-from-the-headlines novel that opens the doors on a place of ambition, hope, friendship . . . and betrayal.
Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. The reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay. Late one night, Owen receives a visit from a lobbyist who promises to protect him from the consequences of his actions in exchange for one, small favour - or to have his reputation and career destroyed if he refuses. But that favour will sell out everything Owen believes in.As rivals gather and whispers of wrongdoing fill the corridors of Westminster, it's clear that someone knows the truth about Jay's Icarus-like fall from grace. Now, the former friends must face one terrible truth... Someone is responsible, and a reckoning is overdue.
Our first challenge was to run 5k a day in November. Our December challenge is to run, walk or ride 100 kilometres in five weeks with a minimum of 20 kilometres a week. We're so pleased with ourselves we've given the group a name - PoP Club. We can't decide if it means Positive Outlook People or Persons of Positivity, but it's PoP Club. Download the app if you'd like to join us.
Recent newspaper reports, denied by Downing Street, suggest our Prime Minister is prone to afternoon naps. Fair play to him…
After years of devolving control of my Facebook page to the ever patient Nicole, it’s taken me since last Christmas to get to grips with how it actually works…
I was interviewed in Sorted magazine and they asked a lot of questions I wasn’t expecting! This one does not major on cheese…
If I could start my life again, I'd make the young me continue with piano and guitar lessons. I might even make me stick with the violin…
What a year it has been. If when I left Parliament last December you told me that a year later I would be featuring next to Tony Hawk…
If we’ve got one thing to be thankful for in 2020, it’s the explosion of quality cheese eating in our country. We Brits have gone mad…
I was interviewed in Sorted magazine and they asked a lot of questions I wasn’t expecting! This one does not major on cheese…