: Audio interview with Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, by Nick Watt for the Guardian in March 2008. Earlier that month Powell released his memoir ‘Great Hatred, Little Room: making peace in Northern Ireland’. In this interview he discusses various peace initiatives undertaken in Northern Ireland during Tony Blair’s term as prime minister. This is the first of a three part interview. The Guardian is a leading British daily newspaper.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 March 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Jonathan Powell
Role at time of Interview: Former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Interviewer: Nick Watt
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: (c) Guardian News & Media Ltd
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: The Guardian
Time Period covered: 1997-2008
Key Individuals: Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, John Major, Seamus Mallon, Brian Keenan, David Trimble, Mo Mowlam, John Steele
Key Words: British government, Sinn Fein, IRA, SDLP, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, prisoner