Begun, Continued

What a wise, warm and compassionate book this is, exactly as you would expect from someone who has given a lifetime of public service in the truest sense of caring, deeply, about others.

RACHEL CLARKE

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This elegantly written, clear-eyed account of Lord Howarth's 50-year career is a moving testament and a vivid picture of the extraordinary changes through which he has lived.

ARA DARZI

*

Alan Howarth is that all too rare thing - a wise and generous politician who understood that successful policy should be based upon the complexities and real needs of humanity rather than being imposed from on high.

MONTY DON

*

This is a fascinator of a book on several levels. It is candid on personal and family matters, packed with vignettes of the mighty with whom he worked from Field Marshal Montgomery to Mrs Thatcher, all overlain with Alan's rich gift for recapturing episode, mood and moment, bound together by his beautiful prose.

PETER HENNESSY

*

I found Alan's book deeply worthwhile, discussing his work on a great range of issues in parliament and government. As we came to know each other in the House of Lords, and attending mindfulness classes together, I realised what a generous, inspiring man he is, supporting so many people.

DOREEN LAWRENCE

*

The rich and rewarding life, personal and political, that Alan Howarth has led is beautifully and clearly illuminated. There is interest on every page. From his relatively privileged upbringing, through his full experiences of public life and intense involvement in politics and the arts, to his deeply experienced personal life there is so much here to enlighten and move.

MICHAEL MARMOT

*

An elegant, thoughtful memoir by a respected, principled politician who had the unusual distinction of holding ministerial office in both Tory and Labour governments and yet emerged with his integrity intact.

CHRIS MULLIN

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