Rory Stewart is a diplomat, author, explorer, academic, and politician – serving in successive Conservative governments as Minister for Environment, Minister of State for International Development, Minister of State for Africa, and Minister of State for Prisons. Rory is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches politics and international relations. His latest book Politics at the Edge was named a ‘best book of 2023’. In this book, he shares his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. He is the Co-Host of hugely successful podcast, The Rest is Politics, alongside Alastair Campbell – in which they speak from across the political divide, ‘disagreeing agreeably’ over big-hitting subjects.
Rory Stewart OBE
Author, Co-Host of The Rest is Politics Podcast and Former Secretary of State, UK Government
