The Honourable Ladies: Volume I

Iain Dale is the founder and former managing director of Biteback Publishing. He is a presenter on LBC radio and is the winner of the Arqiva Radio Presenter of the Year award 2013 and 2016. He has made frequent appearances on TV news and political shows, and currently features as a regular pundit on CNN Talk. In addition to his broadcasting work, he has written for the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, GQ, The Spectator and the New Statesman. Iain has edited, written or compiled more than thirty books, including Memories of Margaret Thatcher, The Politicos Guide to the 2017 General Election and The NHS: Things That Need To Be Said. He lives in Tunbridge Wells.



Jacqui Smith was Labour MP for Redditch from 1997 until 2010. While Tony Blair was Prime Minister, she held junior ministerial positions before being promoted to Home Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet – becoming the first-ever female Home Secretary and only the third woman to hold one of the great offices of state. Following her parliamentary career, Jacqui has acted as a consultant for KPMG and featured regularly on TV and radio, presenting documentaries for BBC 5 Live and appearing on programmes such as Question Time and This Week. She previously delivered the Sky News Paper Review, alongside co-editor Iain, and the pair now co-host LBC weekly political podcast For The Many.