Political Writers in Residence 2017



Caroline Shenton

Caroline Shenton is an archivist, historian and author. She was Director of the Parliamentary Archives at Westminster from 2008 to 2014.

Details of Caroline's events at Gladstone's Library can be found here.

James Kirchick

James Kirchick is a journalist and foreign correspondent based in Washington. He has reported from Southern and North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, across the European continent, and the Caucasus. He is a fellow with the Foreign Policy Initiative in Washington D.C., a correspondent for The Daily Beast and writes the ‘Continental Drift’ column on Europe for Tablet. A leading voice on American gay politics and international gay rights, James is a recipient of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year Award.

Details of James's event at Gladstone's Library can be found here.