Benn - The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990

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Tony Benn was first elected to the House of Commons in 1950 and retired in 2001 to devote more time to politics. He is the longest serving Labour MP of all time and has held senior Cabinet and party posts. He is now a visiting professor of government and politics at the LSE.

He is the author of many books, including his powerful case for constitutional change, Common Sense (with Andrew Hood), Arguments for Socialism, Arguments for Democracy, nine volumes of diaries and Dare to be a Daniel, Benns memoir of childhood.

Tony Benn has four children and ten grandchildren. He was married for 51 years to Caroline, socialist, teacher and author, who died in 2000.

Ruth Winstone has edited all volumes of Tony Benns Diaries and several biographies of political figures. She is associate editor of the Times Guide to the House of Commons; and currently works as a Library Clerk in the Commons.

THE REGENERATION OF BRITAIN
SPEECHES

ARGUMENTS FOR SOCIALISM

ARGUMENTS FOR DEMOCRACY

PARLIAMENT, PEOPLE AND POWER

TI IE SIZEWELL SYNDROME

FIGHTING BACK: SPEAKING OUT FOR SOCIALISM IN THE EIGHTIES

A FUTURE FOR SOCIALISM

COMMON SENSE

FREE RADICAL: NEW CENTURY ESSAYS

YEARS OF HOPE: DIARIES, PAPERS AND LETTERS 19401962

OUT OF THE WILDERNESS: Diaries 19631967

OFFICE WITHOUT POWER: Diaries 19681972

AGAINST THE TIDE: Diaries 19731976

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Diaries 19771980

THE END OF AN ERA: Diaries 19801990

FREE AT LAST!: Diaries 19912001

DARE TO BE A DANIEL: Then and Now

MORE TIME FOR POLITICS: Diaries 20012007

Line drawings: Vicky Evening Standard; Garland, New Statesman; Garland Daily Telegraph; Franklin The Times, The Sun; Cummings Daily Express; Steve Bell, Guardian

Ten years have passed since this single volume edition of the diaries of Tony Benn was first published. Two further books have appeared: a memoir of Benns childhood, Dare to be a Daniel, and Free at Last!: 19902001, which records the last years of Tony Benns parliamentary career and his entry into a new phase of personal and public life. The very early years described in Daniel are crucial to an understanding of a politician raised between two World Wars in the political tradition of radical non-conformism and in the culture of successful British entrepreneurship. This single volume edition should be read in conjunction with those two to appreciate the depth and unprecedented scope of the Benn Diaries.