Date/Time: Thursday 29 February 2024, 5.30pm

Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

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All our events remain free and open to all, but pre-booking is required. Bookings for this lecture will open at 10.00am on 22 February. To reserve your place click the booking link below or telephone our booking voicemail line 0191 208 6136.

Chaired by Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History and Co-Chair, Public Lectures Committee

Drawing on her experiences at the heart of Westminster, the former political editor of the Daily Mirror looks at the state of the parties in the light of the general election. With the chance of a different party in power for the first time in 14 years, what change could that bring?

Biography

Pippa Crerar is Political Editor of the Guardian and has covered Westminster and international politics for more than two decades, reporting on six general elections, seven prime ministers and too many major news stories to mention, from the Iraq war and the financial crash to Brexit and parliamentary scandals. She has trusted contacts right at the heart of government, across Whitehall and in the main opposition parties so has a deep insight into what is going on in British politics and beyond. Pippa is Political Editor of The Guardian, previously holding the same role at the Daily Mirror where she exposed the Partygate and Barnard Castle scandals. Before that she covered politics at the London Evening Standard. She is a multi-award winning journalist who is currently Journalist of the Year with the London Press Club, the Society of Editors and the British Journalism Awards.