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Stark Talk: Dr Mo Mowlam

Dr Mo Mowlam

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Edi Stark talks to the former Northern Ireland secretary about reputation and popularity.

Edi Stark talks to the former Northern Ireland secretary about the personal and professional hazards of reputation and popularity.

In this first class interview from the archive, recorded in 2002, Edi Stark talks to Dr Mo Mowlam at her home in East London, shortly after publication of Momentum, a memoir of her time in government, including her key role in the Good Friday Peace Agreement as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. In this warm, revealing conversation she clears up rumours and exaggeration about her political and personal life, talks about the lasting effects of growing up with an alcoholic father and how she dealt with diagnosis and treatment for a brain tumour while still working in a dangerous, high level job. She also discusses her relationship with Gordon Brown and other  Scots in the Labour party, declaring they weren’t each other’s ‘type’. This is a fascinating insight into a key time in British politics with one of the most popular and charismatic political leaders of the twentieth century.

Art work: Monoprint, East Coast: Twilight by Philomine Wales RIBA. Instagram: philominew
Graphic design:Trudy Shillum.
Audio engineers: Lee McPhail and Doug Maskew.

Podcast adviser: Jennifer Tracey
Commissioning editor: Gareth Hydes
 
Producer and presenter: Edi Stark, Stark Productions. 
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Instagram: edistark_radio

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