The Insider dominated the media on publication in March 2005 and instantly became a No.1 bestseller. Not only did it fill thousands of column inches with its revelations about prominent political and showbiz figures, it was critically acclaimed across the broadsheets for its unique and fascinating insight into the worlds of celebrity, royalty, politics and the media.

Piers Morgan was made editor of the News of the World, the UK's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper at the record-breaking age of 28. The decade that followed was one of the most tumultuous in modern times. In a world of indiscreet dinners, private meetings and gossipy lunches, Piers Morgan found himself in the thick of it. His diaries from this remarkable period reveal astonishing and hilarious encounters with an endless list of celebrities and politicians alike: Diana, William, Charles and Camilla; Tony Blair, Cherie, Gordon Brown; Paul McCartney, George Michael and Elton John; Jeremy Clarkson, Paula Yates and Gazza to name just a few.

Entertaining, engaging and compulsive, The Insider was the most talked-about book of 2005, blowing apart every notion we have of politics, media and celebrity.

What the critics say...

Febrile, amusing
Sunday Times

An extraordinary insight into the personality of the Prime Minister
Independent

An amusing, revealing and (mostly) true look at all the news that's fit to print, and some that wasn't
The Sun

A riveting read with splendid anecdotes on almost every page
The Times

One of the most revealing narratives on the nature of power and the media in modern Britain ...The conspiring of politicians in their own trivialisation is one of the untold stories of our times. It is time we were told - and Morgan's document is a good start
Prospect

You couldn't wish for a more scintillating settling of bitter scores
Independent

A compelling read on any level, whether you want to consider the relationship between politics and the press, royal behaviour, the red-top world - or just want a good laugh
Independent

This is a book of historical importance
Peter OborneThe Spectator

Fun, very revealing and entertaining. Brilliant!
Mail on Sunday

Fast and furious, juicy and jaundiced, racy and revelatory, scandalous and saucy, witty and wanton...a rollicking read - Paperback of the Week
Observer

An irresistible read, whether you love him or hate him, are friend or foe, or wouldn't touch the Mirror with decontaminated tweezers. And there is enough arrogant boasting, self-immolation and sweet boyish charm to convert you from one category to another and back again
Charles WilsonIndependent

Funny and fabulously indiscreet, this is a book that holds up a mirror to the spinning and posturing of our celebrity age ... scurrilously entertaining
Observer

The incidents will have you laughing out loud and shocked into incredulity. This is an irresistible insight into British media and politics
Waterstone's Books Quarterly

An exhilarating run through the news of the last decade, from the inside ... Morgan describes everything in a deliciously indiscreet style
Irish Times

Absolutely astonishing. I'd highly recommend it
Diana RiggHis diaries are hilarious, but within them lies the tale of a cocky young gossip columnist who grew up and found the moral compass that Mrs Blair famously thought he lacked
The Times

Will leave your jaw scraping on the ground. A compelling insight into the rich and famous - *****
Heat

If in years to come this book is remembered and consulted, it will be for its vivid evocation of the tawdry atmosphere of the court surrounding the present occupant of number 10
Independent on Sunday

The best account we have so far of what life has really been like in No.10 for the past eight years... I do, on the whole, trust this amazing account. In the first place, his depiction of the three main characters - Mr Blair, Cherie Blair and Alastair Campbell - is consistent with what we already know of them. And, in the second place, it all hangs together. We see these people in moods of rage, self-pity and treachery, and in the round each of them is all too credible
Stephen GloverDaily Mail

Shockingly indiscreet ... a compulsive piece of entertainment, and an immensely instructive peek behind the scenes of public life and tabloid journalism ... In keeping with Morgan's editorial style it's blunt and irritatingly moralistic, but also uproarious and admirably bold
Independent on Sunday

Red-top rascal tells all through a decade's diary of scoops, scandals and celebs
Independent on Sunday

Loud, brash and hilarious...there is much here to fill even the most refined with secret guilty delight
Saturday Telegraph

You will literally not sleep until you've devoured it all
More

Enormously indiscreet ... this is the most entertaining book about the culture of celebrity in ages
Evening Standard

One of the most uproarious and indiscreet accounts of public life in recent times
Mary RiddellDaily Mail

Hundreds of wonderful tales, some funny, some profound, some just fascinating - Book of the Week
Greg DykeGuardian

Many books have been written about the character of the Blair era, but this is the most readable and most devastating
Telegraph

Scurrilous, fun and interesting
Patricia FergusonScotland on Sunday

One of the best-ever books about journalism
Lynn BarberObserver

A right, rollicking good read
Andrew NeilEvening Standard

Full of juicy gossip and great stories
Konnie Huq, Blue PeterSunday Express