Sorry to hear about the death of Mark Tully. Anyone who worked in India for the BBC instantly became the beneficiary of his wisdom, kindness, humour and, above all, reputation. In India Mark Tully was the BBC. An absolute giant.
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Sorry to hear about the death of Mark Tully. Anyone who worked in India for the BBC instantly became the beneficiary of his wisdom, kindness, humour and, above all, reputation. In India Mark Tully was the BBC. An absolute giant.
Coming soon on Substack
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Coming soon on Substack
Lessons from #Ashes so far - which doubles as a statement of the bleeding obvious.
Play some proper warm up games.
Take the offer of a pink ball warm-up.
Look upon driving on the up like swimming in a rip.
Staying with that theme, play some between the flags test cricket.
Play some proper warm up games.
Take the offer of a pink ball warm-up.
Look upon driving on the up like swimming in a rip.
Staying with that theme, play some between the flags test cricket.
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lessons from #Ashes so far - which doubles as a statement of the bleeding obvious.
Play some proper warm up games.
Take the offer of a pink ball warm-up.
Look upon driving on the up like swimming in a rip.
Staying with that theme, play some between the flags test cricket.
Play some proper warm up games.
Take the offer of a pink ball warm-up.
Look upon driving on the up like swimming in a rip.
Staying with that theme, play some between the flags test cricket.
Of all the interviews we have done on ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra this year, few have got as big an audience reaction as our conversation with the Australian Governor General, Sam Mostyn.
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Governor-General Sam Mostyn "there is so much good in this country." - ABC listen
Sam Mostyn took up the role of being the Governor-General in Australia in July last year, and she’s only the second woman to perform the role.
Nick Bryant caught up with Governor-General at her offi...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Of all the interviews we have done on ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra this year, few have got as big an audience reaction as our conversation with the Australian Governor General, Sam Mostyn.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
History never ended - lovely to catch up with The Rest is History boys for a conversation on Saturday Extra @holland_tom @dcsandbrook #historyneverended
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The Rest Is History podcast back in Australia - ABC listen
It’s a chart topping podcast with millions of downloads around the world. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are distinguished historians — Oxford and Cambridge scholars, and bestselling authors. But t...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
History never ended - lovely to catch up with The Rest is History boys for a conversation on Saturday Extra @holland_tom @dcsandbrook #historyneverended
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www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Great to see the updated UK paperback of The Forever War out in the wild in London. New chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign.
It’s the 250-year backstory of Trumpism. It’s the history, stupid.
It’s the 250-year backstory of Trumpism. It’s the history, stupid.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great to see the updated UK paperback of The Forever War out in the wild in London. New chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign.
It’s the 250-year backstory of Trumpism. It’s the history, stupid.
It’s the 250-year backstory of Trumpism. It’s the history, stupid.
Even Liberace would have told his interior designer to tone it down a bit…..
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Even Liberace would have told his interior designer to tone it down a bit…..
UK publication day for the paperback edition of The Forever War. Two new chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 election. The Trump presidency has been 250 years in the making. If you look at US history in a different light, as I try to do so in the book his shocking presidency isn’t such a shock.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UK publication day for the paperback edition of The Forever War. Two new chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 election. The Trump presidency has been 250 years in the making. If you look at US history in a different light, as I try to do so in the book his shocking presidency isn’t such a shock.
Coming soon to the UK and US - the updated paperback version of The Forever War
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Coming soon to the UK and US - the updated paperback version of The Forever War
Code red for democracy - my interview with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the death of democracy - ABC listen
Under the authoritarian rule of President Rodriguez Duterte in The Philippines, Maria Ressa was targeted online, and had 11 arrest warrants out for her in just over a year.
Since then, Duterte has be...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Code red for democracy - my interview with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The updated edition of The Forever War - with chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign - is out in time for Father’s Day.
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The updated edition of The Forever War - with chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign - is out in time for Father’s Day.
The Trump summer. His presidency in full. My long read on a highly chaotic and highly consequential few months.
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Trump's presidency is fast turning into one of the most consequential in decades
Returning to the US for the first time in four years, I found a country that didn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.
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August 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Trump summer. His presidency in full. My long read on a highly chaotic and highly consequential few months.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Delighted that this is now out in the wild - the updated edition of The Forever War: America's Unending Conflicting with Itself.
A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.
A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Delighted that this is now out in the wild - the updated edition of The Forever War: America's Unending Conflicting with Itself.
A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.
A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.
I post this every year to mark her birthday - a letter to our beautiful daughter Honor. Five years on, she remains an absolute delight - a real joybringer. If I had to pick one piece from my career with the BBC, this would be it.
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A letter to our newborn American daughter - BBC News
You gulped your first lungfuls of air as protesters across America chanted: "I can't breathe."
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June 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I post this every year to mark her birthday - a letter to our beautiful daughter Honor. Five years on, she remains an absolute delight - a real joybringer. If I had to pick one piece from my career with the BBC, this would be it.
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www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
It’s a year since The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself was published. Huge thanks to all those who have read it, listened to it or watched me blather on about it. The book is the 250 year backstory of Donald Trump. 📷 Hugh Stewart
June 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It’s a year since The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself was published. Huge thanks to all those who have read it, listened to it or watched me blather on about it. The book is the 250 year backstory of Donald Trump. 📷 Hugh Stewart
Always a great pleasure to do the Sydney Writers Festival - feels now like a home fixture. And great to share the stage with Barrie Cassidy, Emma Shortis and Peter Beinart
May 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Always a great pleasure to do the Sydney Writers Festival - feels now like a home fixture. And great to share the stage with Barrie Cassidy, Emma Shortis and Peter Beinart
A packed Saturday Extra - Donald Trump with Thomas Friedman; Middle East @rmslim; the mushroom case with @thomashayes, a local reporter covering his first trial; Oz politics with two historians Judith Brett and @fbongiornoanu Eurovision @dreurovision
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www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant - ABC listen
Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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May 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A packed Saturday Extra - Donald Trump with Thomas Friedman; Middle East @rmslim; the mushroom case with @thomashayes, a local reporter covering his first trial; Oz politics with two historians Judith Brett and @fbongiornoanu Eurovision @dreurovision
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
From Donald Trump we get ‘the weave.’ From Peter Dutton we got the unraveling. Voters rejected Americanisation and carried out a collective act of Australianisation.
Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.
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www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo
Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.
www.smh.com.au
May 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
From Donald Trump we get ‘the weave.’ From Peter Dutton we got the unraveling. Voters rejected Americanisation and carried out a collective act of Australianisation.
Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.
www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo
Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.
www.smh.com.au
May 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.
www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
ABC Saturday Extra - Gaza war with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert; an American pope - Scott Stephens @ABCReligion; Indo-Pakistan - @MichaelKugelman; historical roots of Donald Trump - @sarahchurchwell; Australian election fallout @markgkenny @janeenorman www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Ehud Olmert's peace plan at Jerusalem Peace Summit - ABC listen
Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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May 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
ABC Saturday Extra - Gaza war with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert; an American pope - Scott Stephens @ABCReligion; Indo-Pakistan - @MichaelKugelman; historical roots of Donald Trump - @sarahchurchwell; Australian election fallout @markgkenny @janeenorman www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Thrilled to be at the Australian book industry awards where The Forever War is up for non-fiction book of the year. And honored to be on shortlist of great authors.
May 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thrilled to be at the Australian book industry awards where The Forever War is up for non-fiction book of the year. And honored to be on shortlist of great authors.
In an election where Australians said they wanted their politics to remain Australian, Anthony Albanese benefited from being authentically and emphatically Aussie. Given the scale of his win, he could become the first PM since John Howard to have the word era attached to his name
May 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In an election where Australians said they wanted their politics to remain Australian, Anthony Albanese benefited from being authentically and emphatically Aussie. Given the scale of his win, he could become the first PM since John Howard to have the word era attached to his name
Anti-Trumpism, in Australia and Canada at least, has become a more powerful political force than anti-incumbency.
May 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Anti-Trumpism, in Australia and Canada at least, has become a more powerful political force than anti-incumbency.