Diary of an MP's WifeWhat is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid. For over two decades she has kept a secret diary detailing the trials and tribulations of being a political plus one; the travel, the security, the challenges to family life and the unpredictable events. A professional partner, as well as a life partner, and one with strong political opinions herself, she detonates the image of the dutiful

Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch

on Alexanderplatz

In the past

and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret

literature and popular regard

and so it is his butler (or 'help')

Incredibly smart

she and her husband left the city and high-flying careers to move the 500 miles north

her last full collection as Poet Laureate

they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards

career change and times of heightened emotions or anxiety

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