Jason Cowley Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

New Statesman editor Jason Cowley takes advantage of his access to party leaders of left and right to provide insight into the political and cultural transformations of the last decade.

Cowley is fascinated by the men and women creating the history or our age. His book includes profiles of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn, Alex Salmond, Nigel Farage, David Cameron, George Osborne and Theresa May. It also includes essays on writers such as George Orwell, John le Carré, Kazuo Inshiguro, and Ian McEwan, and a conversation with political philosopher Michael Sandel.

Cowley is known both as a political and literary journalist. He has been editor of the New Statesman for 10 years and is widely credited with turning around its fortunes. He is a three-time winner of the British Society of Magazine Editors editor of the year. Here he talks to LBC radio host Matthew Stadlen, a former Telegraph interviewer and BBC presenter.