Peter Hennessy

Robert Shepherd

On the BBC radio show Reflections with Peter Hennessy, the preeminent historian of British political life interviewed leading figures from the UK's governing parties during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Bringing together transcripts of the collected interviews for the first time, The Complete Reflections features interviews the biggest names from the Thatcher era, the New Labour years, and the coalition government of the 2010s. In The Complete Reflections, Peter Hennessy and Robert Shepherd provide not only an overview of the past three decades of British politics but also delve into the minds of those at the forefront of public life during times of great change. Hennessy's deep knowledge and understanding of the lives and motivations of his interviewees, along with the obvious esteem in which they hold their interlocutor, leads to frank and revealing conversations in which the subject is not an object but an equal, giving these exchanges a unique veracity. The results are portraits of high authority, in which interviews become the chronicles that endure above all others--nothing less than the first draft of history.

Conversations with Politicians

The Complete Reflections

Iain Macleod once said that the Tory Party exists to maintain or win office; which is only one reason why, over 20 years since his death, Tory politicians as varied as Iain Gilmour, John Major and Margaret Thatcher still look to his example for ideas and inspiration. A powerful, romantic figure, deadly in debate and with appeal to both wings of the party, he remains in the minds of many senior Conservatives the true custodian of the Tory soul.

Iain Macleod

The Christian named Job, who was a contemporary and lived during the time of Abraham, cried out, "Though He slays me, yet will I trust in HIM." Job was laying in dust and wallowing in sackcloth and in ashes, scraping himself with broken-pottery to relieve himself of some of the irritation and pain he was suffering from being covered in sore-boils and eaten alive by maggots which thrived upon and consumed the decaying skin and sores of his emaciated flesh. Job also being afflicted, responded with hope, envisioning eternal life, and said, "And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." The apostle Paul, who suffered many things himself, said these words to encourage us: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." "For many", King David wisely observed, "are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all." This book is written in the year of our LORD, 2021, to encourage Christians to endure the storms of life... for Storms must come. In this book, I obediently encourage God's people "to stand!!!" "And after having done all to stand," I encouraged them "to keep standing." This book is written to embolden faithful men and women to endure the storms in these perilous last days, before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ in the air, surrounded by clouds, at the call of the Angelic Trump, which only those who believe will be able to hear. In the book of Job-Job informs us that "a man that is born of a woman, live but a few days and those days are full of trouble." Hope you enjoy and be blessed by this book!!! As you patiently persevere, on planet earth, preparing yourself for Everlasting--Eternal life; AFTER THE STORM.

A Book of a Christian's Journey from Birth to Eternal Life

Eternal Life After The Storm

The fascinating story of the eighteenth-century houses of Sion Row, Twickenham. In telling the story of these houses and their occupants, a remarkable social history is revealed.

A History of Sion Row, Twickenham

Captain Gray's Houses

Appeasement and the Road to Munich, 1938

A Class Divided

“The historian,” wrote E. L. Doctorow, “will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.” This book sees Peter Hennessy and Robert Shepard combine both approaches with the art of the interviewer, a craft at once sensitive and probing. Reflections collects transcripts of the best interviews from the BBC Radio 4 series Reflections with Peter Hennessy, a show on which the British political elite have spoken candidly about their careers and the moments that came to define their political lives. Supplementing the interviews are short biographies and profiles of the interviewees, allowing readers a fuller picture of each speaker’s background and professional trajectory. This revealing book includes conversations with political heavyweights such as former prime minister John Major; former foreign secretaries Margaret Beckett, David Owen, and Jack Straw; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Liberal Party leader David Steel; and chancellor of exchequer Nigel Lawson. In addition, Reflections presents interviews with leading women, including Shirley Williams and Clare Short, who spent years at the forefront of their parties in Westminster. The latest volume in the popular Haus Curiosities series, Reflections offers valuable insights from some of today’s most influential political figures.

Robert Shepherd

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