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Your ultimate summer reading list: the best new books to take on holiday

Wondering what to read on your lounger this summer? From an erotic political novel set in the heart of Westminster to a non-fiction with overtones of The Talented Mr Ripley, Alex Peake-Tomkinson shares the most exciting new titles of 2024

Evening Standard

Whips, adultery and a ‘Loin King’: what is it about Tory political players writing scandalous books?

Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic lockdown. The scandal ultimately saw Johnson step down as prime minister.

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Nick Cave: Vampire’s Wife was Susie’s way of mourning our son

The musician spoke out for the first time since his wife’s brand shut up shop

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'Westminster is lost': has Dominic Cummings quit politics for good?

Boris Johnson's former adviser is moving onto other things

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries’ bizarre new book — your guide to the highlights

Boris Johnson’s No 1 fan hurls insults at Tories she claims brought her hero down

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries book – your guide to the highlights

Boris Johnson’s No 1 fan hurls insults at Tories she claims brought her hero down

The Independent UK

Former Boris Johnson aide Cleo Watson teases sex and scandal in new 'bonkbuster' novel

Cleavage is Cleo Watson's second novel

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Dead cats and hairdryers: Dominic Cummings’ evidence to Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave in-person and written evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

The Guardian - UK

As two aides get intimate in an MP’s office, how common are hook ups in Parliament?

Two aides met for a liason in the Palaces of Westminster late last month

Evening Standard

Assange ghostwriter says ‘I’ll go to jail before I help the FBI’ as police ask more questions

Andrew O’Hagan was approached by the Met but says he won’t talk

Evening Standard

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal and Breathe by Sadiq Khan.

The Independent UK

The woman inside Downing Street who Boris fired gives her verdict on the ex-PM

Cleo Watson lifts the lid on lockdown breaches, illicit sex at party conferences, and the ‘tragic’ figure her former boss has become

The Independent UK

Chamber of horrors: the best and worst Westminster insider novels

Whips by Cleo Watson is nothing new – politicos have forever tried their hand at fiction. We take a referendum on the good, the bad and the scandalous

The Guardian - UK

Parliament full of ‘nooks and crannies’ for MPs to have sex in, Boris Johnson ex-aide says

Cleo Watson has recently written her first novel which includes a scene depicting a couple in ‘flagrante’ at Chequers

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Scandalous ‘bonkbuster’ book by ex-Boris advisor causes a fuss in Westminster

And Theresa May is a fan

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s former aide Cleo Watson hopes new political novel doesn’t lose her friends

The book has characters inspired by real Downing Street colleagues

Evening Standard

Spring reads 2023: the best new books from Margaret Atwood, Emma Cline and more

The season has changed and a whole new crop of essential books are being unleashed

Daily Mirror

All the Partygate bashes Boris Johnson attended - and the Covid rules at the time

In a 52-page legal dossier, Boris Johnson scrambled to shake off criticism of his conduct ahead of an explosive grilling by MPs on Wednesday about what he knew about Partygate boozing

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Evening Standard

Amy Winehouse will be a tribute, says her former band leader

‘You’re always going to get criticism of whatever you do’ says Dale Davis

Daily Mirror

Erotic book by Boris Johnson's former aide 'will feature sex scenes in Commons offices'

Cleo Watson, who served as Mr Johnson's head of Priorities and Campaigns until last year, is set to publish her first novel - which pals have likened to 50 Shades of Grey - in May

Evening Standard

Ex-MP blocked from standing by Labour calls process ‘grossly unfair’

A ROW has erupted over Labour blocking Left-wing candidates from standing in the next general election. Former MP Emma Dent Coad was stopped yesterday from running as the candidate in Kensington. She won the seat from the Tories in 2017, but lost in 2019 by 150 votes.

Evening Standard

Ex-Downing Street aide Cleo Watson plans another ‘bonkbuster’ political novel

Ex-Prime minister Boris Johnson’s former aide Cleo Watson is planning a second novel about political life, we hear.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Gutsy; Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg; Stuck; The Capture; Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton seek out inspirational women; Joe Lycett steals Laura Kuenssberg’s maiden show; and The Capture pulls off a rare feat

The Guardian - UK

Truss for PM really is a laughing matter, finds Laura Kuenssberg panel

Foreign secretary’s appearance on BBC’s new Sunday politics TV show deepens enigma of her own making

The Guardian - UK

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg review – debut nerves? Yes, for Liz Truss

Launching a new live broadcasting show is normally pulse-thumpingly stressful for the host, not her guest

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