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'Irresistible fly-on-the-wall history as it actually happens. ' The Observer

Late each night for over twenty-five years Labour MP and former Secretary of State Tony Benn sat alone and dictated onto tape his account of daily events at the heart of government. The immediacy, passion and mood of those recordings is strikings he unburdens himself of the pressure and stressnd the trials and tribulations, of government and opposition - with accounts veering from anecdotal to almost confessional.

Events recalled in the first of these unique and remarkable recordings - originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - include Harold Wilson's surprise resignation in 1976 potentially catastrophic 1977 strike at Windscale year-long miners' strike in 1984nd the general election in 1992.

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The sleeve notes include a foreword by Tony Benn nd give further background detail to these historic recordings.