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	Print Article: Tony Blair goes to war
		Stothard is given a vantage point of unprecedented proximity to observe and document the drama of Blair's high-risk involvement in an international crisis from which the fallout - for Blair, as for the rest of the world - remains uncertain.
		Stothard depicts a political leader grappling with the sheer wretchedness of war: "He talks of how he has to isolate himself, when people are dying from what he has decided to do.
		Stothard is lurking in the hallway at No. 10, while Blair chairs a tense cabinet meeting in an adjacent room.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/08/13/1060588454156.html (1160 words)

	washingtonpost.com - Live Online -
		Peter Stothard, author of "Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History," was given unprecedented access to the prime minister for four tense weeks -- from March 10 to April 10, 2003.
		Peter Stothard: No journalist can ever give a really informed answer to that question, but it's perfectly normal for British intelligence to share information with other countries on the basis that it's not passed on to a third country, and that's what's happened here.
		Peter Stothard: The English should be and mostly are careful not to associate their style of speaking with superior intelligence.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_books_stothard071803.htm?nav=hptop_ts (1496 words)

	Welcome To BookEnds, The Book Pl@ce Magazine
		PETER STOTHARD'S BOOK is one that may well be unique: a fly-on-the-wall account of a month spent behind the scenes with Tony Blair as he attempted to win support for a war against Saddam.
		Stothard's account was written daily, literally as a diary, and shaped into an adrenalin-fuelled narrative that was delivered to the publisher in mid-May and published on July 7.
		So Stothard was there, in the shadows - outside the door to Blair's private office, aboard his plane, in his office at the Commons as he prepared for the speech of his life, backstage at press conferences...
	www.thebookplace.com /bookends/chat/stothard.asp?TAG=&CID= (972 words)

	Powell's Books - Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History by Peter Stothard
		Stothard brings us inside the corridors of power during this extraordinary time, offering a vivid, up-close view of an enormously popular leader facing the challenge of his life.
		Stothard takes us inside the corridors of power during this extraordinary time, offering a vivid, remarkably up-close view of an enormously popular leader facing the challenge of his life.
		Peter Stothard was the editor of the Times from 1992 to 2002 and the U.S. editor from 1989 to 1992.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0060582618 (689 words)

	The Hindu : History in the making
		SIR PETER Stothard was the Editor of The Times when Rupert Murdoch ordered his newspapers to throw their weight behind Tony Blair's New Labour in the 1997 general elections.
		Sir Peter never claimed to be in the anti-war protest camp, but it is hard to resist the guess that had he not shared the high table with Blair during those crucial 30 days he might have taken a more critical view of the war — especially the way the justification for it was presented.
		Sir Peter's own take on this is: "It is clear from Gordon Brown's eyes that better language than that needs to be found if the case (for the war) is to be won." It is one of the rare occasions when he offers an opinion before slipping into his "non-judgemental" mode again.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/br/2003/10/07/stories/2003100700010200.htm (912 words)

	Amazon.ca: Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History: Books: Peter Stothard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Peter Stothard's quick, journalistic style introduces names and titles quickly, and while the players become clearer to us in the course of the narrative, Americans who don't have much contextual familiarity with British politicians may find themselves playing a bit of catch-up here.
		Peter Stothard's task (or prize) is to tail Tony Blair for the 30 most crucial days of his prime ministership.
		Stothard writes of Blair's visit to Camp David, "The hosts' first view of their British guests is of the cleverest men in Whitehall, without a raincoat between them, muttering nervous words about having 'only one suit' while rain lashes in horizontal lines over the tarmac." Geeeee.
	www.amazon.ca /Thirty-Days-Tony-Blair-History/dp/0060582618 (3583 words)

	Amazon.com: Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History: Books: Peter Stothard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Stothard excels at showing the eccentric world of Downing Street, with its archaic, genteel rituals and sardonic banter (a "Robert Mugabe" is the frostiest possible handshake, reserved for a politician you really abominate; to "Kofi" means to wax idealistic about internationalism).
		Peter Stothard's quick, journalistic style introduces names and titles quickly, and while the players become clearer to us in the course of the narrative, Americans who don't have much contextual familiarity with British politicians may find themselves playing a bit of catch-up here.
		Peter Stothard's task (or prize) is to tail Tony Blair for the 30 most crucial days of his prime ministership.
	www.amazon.com /Thirty-Days-Tony-Blair-History/dp/0060582618 (2047 words)

	Review of Thirty Days: An Inside Account of Tony Blair at War - Council on Foreign Relations
		Peter Stothard's Thirty Days attempts to go where the biographies, cabinet tell-alls, and tabloid exposés have been unable to tread: inside Blair's inner circle of advisers.
		Stothard, a former editor of the Times of London, was granted unparalleled access to the prime minister and his staff during what was perhaps the most momentous month of Tony Blair's seven years in power.
		Stothard suggests that Blair's "powerful Christian seriousness" is a factor, contributing to his close relationship with President Bush, who shares his moral certainty about the world.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7048/review_of_thirty_days.html (565 words)

	Observer review: 30 Days by Peter Stothard \| Review \| The Observer
		At the end of March, Peter Stothard and I were in the first-class lounge of Kennedy Airport near New York, awaiting the return of Tony Blair who was at the United Nations' downtown headquarters for a meeting with Kofi Annan, the organisation's Secretary General.
		Stothard wore a multi-coloured lapel pin, giving him 'special access' denied to the rest of the travelling media pack.
		Stothard was coming to the end of his '30 days with Blair' assignment.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,992147,00.html (1250 words)

	McGuckin Entertainment PR - Events
		Stothard expertly shapes a narrative in which Blair manages to stick by his principles in the face of intense pressure.”
		In recounting the many forms of opposition that Tony Blair faced, Sir Peter introduces readers to key players such as French President Jacques Chirac; Robin Cook, former Leader of the House of Commons; and former cabinet minister Clare Short.
		Sir Peter was able to witness a side of Tony Blair that the public rarely gets to see.
	www.mcguckinpr.com /mcguckin/sirpeter/sirpeterpress.htm (471 words)

	NPR : British Journalist Peter Stothard
		Fresh Air from WHYY, July 22, 2003 ·; Stothard is the author of the new book, Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History.
		Stothard chronicles the 30 days leading up to the Iraq war and the early days of the war.
		Stothard is currently editor of The London Times Literary Supplement, and is former editor of The Times from 1992 to 2002.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1344650 (144 words)

	PM - Blair victory not without its problems: Sir Peter Stothard
		MARK COLVIN: In the same studio is Sir Peter Stothard, who is a former editor of the Times, who also wrote an inside account of life in 10 Downing St during the Iraq War called Thirty Days.
		PETER STOTHARD: Yeah, the Tories I've spoken to this morning, the really thoughtful ones, are perhaps the most worried of all.
		PETER STOTHARD: Well the Tories have got to be careful that that doesn't happen.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2005/s1361978.htm (1326 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Some have called him a legacy politician, and I think he, as Peter said, he did believe there were weapons of mass destruction, and he didn't want to be the prime minister, to be able to let that slide, and then ultimately to find one day those weapons used in central London.
		VERJEE: Peter Stothard, one gets the impression reading your book that Tony Blair's decisions were motivated largely by a real sense of moral conviction that was influenced by religious beliefs.
		STOTHARD: I don't think -- well, you can only be better prepared, but I sat with Tony Blair while he talked to some -- very vigorous debate with Iraqi dissidents, and they were predicting and those are real fears of, you know, civil war, and Shia versus Shias versus Sunnis versus Kurds.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0307/17/i_qaa.01.html (2424 words)

	Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG
		All along the main street there are posters demanding that the local council abandon its plan to move aside dusty industrial plants and to move in bright reliable magnets for tourism.
		In some unknown sequel to Peter and the Wolf, where instead of hunters and ducks in a Russian garden we had the kind of animals cavorting around the Thames banks in the dark from where I'm writing now.
		And yet another headache for the excellent Professor Pandermalis whose job this summer (see previous blogs) is to begin to transfer all the treasures of the old Acropolis Museum down the hillside to the new one.
	timescolumns.typepad.com /stothard (3529 words)

	Peter Stothard Information
		Peter Stothard (born February 28, 1951) is a British newspaper editor, currently for the Times Literary Supplement, but of The Times itself from 1992 to 2002, and before that, from 1989 to 1992, of its United States section.
		During his tenure as editor the Times developed a close relationship with the Labour Party and was frequently used to push pro-Labour stories onto the agenda.
		From 1999 Stothard used the paper to run a string of negative stories about Conservative Party treasurer Michael Ashcroft, which later turned out to be false.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Peter_Stothard (119 words)

	Inside look at Blair and the Iraq war - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		Stothard: Well, one of the things about being a fly on the wall of course is that you only see and hear what one side is saying.
		Stothard: That was my introduction to the president of the United States and with that recommendation from Alistair Campbell the president and I had a good, long talk.
		Stothard: You know, there was a very vigorous exchange which I witnessed at a certain distance, but it was always stuck in my mind.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3070344 (4967 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: 30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair's War: Books: Peter Stothard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mr Stothard is undoubtably a top class writer but one is left wondering exactly how much access he actually had to the inner workings of government.
		For those seeking to understand Blair, to analyse his foreign policy the book by Peter Stothard is a good place to begin, but one which should not be over-rated.
		Stothard's book is split into the 30 days he spent with Blair, each daily entry describing events stretching from 10 March (ITV interview with anti-war women) through to April 9th (tearing down of Saddam's statue).
	www.amazon.co.uk /30-Days-Month-Heart-Blairs/dp/0007173210 (1644 words)

	Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG: Memory of 39
		Peter Stothard writes about ancient and modern politics and literature.
		That omission surely seems a small fault - and an even smaller concern except to those surviving few (hundred?) of us who survived Brentwood School in the sixties and are still reading from time to time.
		Sir Peter Stothard is Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, the international journal of books and ideas.
	timescolumns.typepad.com /stothard/2006/11/memory_of_39.html (724 words)

	New York Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Stothard, who edits the Times Literary Supplement, spent the month of March 10 to April 9 with Tony Blair and his inner circle–"in places where writers never are" (except when they are allowed to be there).
		The book is a diary of Stothard’s stint with Blair in London and at the various war summits, most of the time clocked during an endless string of inner-circle pow-wows at 10 Downing Street.
		Stothard’s prime minister–always referred to as "Tony Blair"–is a resolute, colorless figure, a religious man who likely prayed to Jesus with George Bush in private.
	www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=8824 (661 words)

	McGuckin Entertainment PR - Events
		Stothard will sign copies of “Thirty Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair’s War” immediately afterward in the Book Signing Tent.
		Stothard wrote “Thirty Days” after spending a month shadowing Blair in the days before the Iraqi War, with him at Downing Street and at conferences at Camp David and in Northern Ireland and Brussels.
		For 10 years, from 1992 to 2002, Stothard was editor of The Times of London and before that its U.S. editor.
	www.mcguckinpr.com /mcguckin/sirpeter/sirpeter.htm (325 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Talking Point \| Forum \| Ask New Year honours recipient - Sir Peter Stothard
		Peter Stothard, the former editor of The Times newspaper, and an expert on ancient and modern literature, is among those named in the New Year honours list.
		Mr Stothard has been awarded a knighthood and the honour has been given for services to the newspaper industry.
		Among the recipients is the former editor of The Times, Peter Stothard, who receives a knighthood for services to the newspaper industry.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/talking_point/forum/2615641.stm (2026 words)

	Thirty days at Number 10 - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Stothard - who a few months ago was knighted by the queen, at the government's recommendation, for his contribution to the British newspaper industry - left the Times last year after 10 years at its helm, during which its circulation doubled, and a year after overcoming cancer.
		Stothard knew that Blair had introduced a "presidential style," but he was surprised by the small number of people - five or six officials and advisers - who are, in effect, running the country.
		But Stothard, who says he "has always considered [himself] a friend of Israel," thinks Israeli spokesmen sometimes take the provincial attitude that their country is the center of the world.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=334694&contrassID=2&subContrassID=15&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y (2907 words)

	Online NewsHour: Blair's U.S. Visit -- July 17, 2003
		Peter Stothard, we just saw a vigorous joint defense of their decision to go to war between these two leaders and their use of intelligence.
		I think the problem that I'd agree with Peter in the end, is that what he said which will go down badly I think in the U.K., is the task is yours in the United States, to achieve liberty and our job is to be there with you.
		MARGARET WARNER: Peter Stothard, he was quite clear today, or at least in suggesting what he wants from the United States, an on-going commitment in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Middle East.
	www.pbs.org /search/newshour/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/iraq_07-17.html (2607 words)

	News \| Telegraph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In a brief statement, he paid tribute to Mr Stothard's "brilliant leadership" and an editorship that would be "remembered as a great era in the newspaper's long history".
		Speculation about Mr Stothard's future at the paper had been rife since the newspaper was sued by the Tory party chairman, Michael Ashcroft, over allegations that he was involved in nefarious financial dealings in Belize.
		Mr Stothard has not told colleagues what his plans are, but as a highly regarded classicist and lover of history, he is unlikely to be short of offers from the publishing world.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/02/22/nmed22.xml (848 words)

	30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair's War by Peter Stothard : Politicos Bookshop, the home of political books online
		Peter Stothard, who for a month was given unprecedented access to shadow almost every move the Prime Minister made, gives a unique view from the inside.
		Peter Stothard's fast-paced and compelling narrative is supported by Nick Danziger's remarkable photographs.
		The result is a groundbreaking record of history in the making, and a gripping day-to-day chronicle of four tense and tempestuous weeks.
	www.politicos.co.uk /books/24851.htm?ginPtrCode=10410&identifier=436736dff0aa05afbfb60aaa7e6973e3 (294 words)

	National Theatre : Platform Papers : Peter Hall
		The mask doesn't stop the actor showing a kind of individuality - that was very clear in Epidaurus - but it does allow them all to have a particular relationship to the text and to what the writer is trying to say.
		To hear Peter say that is one thing, but to see and watch it and sense that it's working well is an extraordinary thing to happen in the theatre and it made an enormous impression on me. It's hard to talk about, you really have to see it.
		I don't quite agree with Peter here, but it is certainly scholarly conformity; the idea that they began doing lyric songs and then said, Oh gosh, we could have an actor, then another, then hey, how about having another actor - seems to me slightly primitive.
	www.nationaltheatre.org.uk /?lid=2626 (3998 words)

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