Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Andrea Catawood, well known, of course, for a time at the BBC NBC ITV channel five basically broadcast on every major news corporation.

It seems on the planet, but such a prominent reporter in this country, and of course a foreign correspondent in some fascinating places including Afghanistan.

And we do talk about that, but at the heart of this from the first second, and you will be completely engrossed in this is Andrea's experience growing up in Belfast and then covering Northern Ireland and the hugely hopeful experience of the Good Friday agreement.

And 25 years later, at Queens University in Belfast, as we discussed just a few weeks ago, Andrea hosted a commemorative event with Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell.

And we talk about Northern Irish and Irish politics in detail and what it means to her and to the people there.

And I mean, I've never felt so English in my life, you know, you just realized, you know, I think, well, I'm somebody follows Irish and Northern Irish politics and actually you talk to somebody really, really does.

And you're kind of embarrassed at how little you know, and this is just absolutely gripping from the first second, but it is.

It's so personal, it's, it's hopeful.

It's, you know, very early on you go, oh my god, this is just a different type of interview because Andrea is such a compelling communicator, but also just has incredible personal experience of growing up.

And her experience of then going to university in Manchester and how that shifted her perspective and made her reflect on the years that she'd experienced in Northern Ireland, but just ultimately it's hopeful.

I don't want to say anything more than that, but my word.

This is something very, very special.

So before I stop waffling and cut to this fantastic interview with Andrea, just to let you know some of the live guests coming up in the coming months.

And my next guest at the Dutch is there from the 22nd of May is Labor heavyweight David Blunkett.

That will be the first show back after the local elections are a lot to talk about there on the 5th of June, the 5th of June, even my guest is Philip Hammond, a very rare interview with a former conservative chancellor who served in the camera and May government.

I think it's fair to say not a fan of Boris Johnson be interested to see what he has to say about Rishi Sunak and the economic policy of the current Tory prime minister in chancellor.

On the 19th of June, a rare and even rare a gym Margaret Beckett, obviously a career spanning the decades and the eras she gives very few interviews.

That is something very special on the 3rd of July, my guest is the comedian Joe Lysett is also known, of course, for his increasing activism.

And on the 2nd of October and that there are lots of shows in between that I'm yet to book or yet to confirm on the 2nd of October, my guest is the frontman of the sleep at mods Jason Williams and the satirical punk outfit.

So a real mix of guests coming up in the coming weeks and months, but I shall stop the self promotion and cut now to a very, very special interview with Andrea Catherine.

Andrea, first things first, a few weeks ago you hosted one of the events at Queens University, Belfast to mark 25 years since the signing of the Belfast agreement, the Good Friday agreement.

I mean, that event was attended by everyone Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, the one that you did was was Hillary Clinton and senator George Mitchell as someone from Belfast who grew up during a time where things were very unstable and lived through Good Friday and then being able to look back 25 years later.

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