How Not to be a Political Wife – An Evening with Sarah Vine

“You think you’ve married a journalist. Then – horrors – he becomes a politician.”

In this gripping, no-holds-barred account, Sarah Vine lifts the velvet curtain on life inside Westminster – and what happens when politics doesn’t just enter your home, but starts to dismantle it from within. How Not To Be a Political Wife is part memoir, part survival guide, and all truth. It’s a tale of high hopes and harsh realities, of spin, betrayal, loyalty, laughter, and loss.

From press gallery to Cabinet dinners, from friendship to fallout, Sarah charts her extraordinary journey from Fleet Street to Downing Street – and back again. If you’ve ever wondered what it really feels like to live in the shadow of power, buckle up.

Sarah Vine was born in Wales and raised in Italy before returning to the UK as a teenager. A graduate of UCL, she built a career in journalism at the Daily Mirror and The Times, where she met future Cabinet minister Michael Gove. They married in 2001 and separated in 2021. Sarah is now an award-winning columnist for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. She lives in London with her children and an unruly menagerie of pets.