Robert Peston

Robert Peston: ‘I wore my favourite Gaultier coat to a party conference and somebody nicked it’

ITV’s political editor on coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder, belatedly publishing his first novel, and why he longs for a lost England

Hephzibah Anderson

02, Jul, 2022 @5:00 PM

From Bill Clinton to Robert Peston: celebrity crime fiction on trial

After you’ve written your memoir, publishers these days want anyone famous to write crime novels. We put 10 of the most well-known in the dock

Mark Lawson

17, Dec, 2021 @11:14 AM

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin; Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty; Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden; The Whistleblower by Robert Peston; and The Wrong Goodbye by Toshihiko Yahagi

Laura Wilson

17, Sep, 2021 @11:00 AM

The best recent thrillers – review roundup

This month’s crop of crime and suspense fiction includes an engaging tale of government secrets by Robert Peston and a nail-biting new series from Val McDermid

Alison Flood

07, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM

How TV news hosts get camera-ready in lockdown

Broadcasters are falling back on their own skills to stay well-groomed. Unless, of course, it’s Robert Peston

Alice Fisher

19, Apr, 2020 @7:09 AM

'This was racism': Soweto Kinch tells of being refused entry to first-class on train

Musician was on TV show discussing race in UK and treatment of Duchess of Sussex

Sarah Marsh

16, Jan, 2020 @3:41 PM

Robert Peston: BBC not impartial during EU referendum campaign

ITV political editor says journalists must show which of two contradictory arguments is most likely to be true

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

06, Oct, 2018 @10:36 AM

Robert Peston moves to midweek ITV slot after poor viewing figures

Peston on Sunday’s audience was small in comparison to BBC rival, the Andrew Marr Show

Jim Waterson

06, Jun, 2018 @4:32 PM

Middle class can give up a little or the mob will arrive with pitchforks | Letters

Letters: Helen Channer Aupperlee thanks Robert Peston for what he said in his Guardian interview. And Linda Fairbrother’s husband knows what to say when they’re accused of being ‘champagne socialists’

Letters

29, Nov, 2017 @7:18 PM

Robert Peston: 'I’m not saying Britain is finished, but our current problems are not a blip'

ITV’s political editor believes a universal basic income for every Briton is inevitable and that without a radical reinvention of the welfare state, the country is hurtling towards economic chaos

Decca Aitkenhead

24, Nov, 2017 @4:44 PM