How Helen McCrory blazed through her life and career like a comet

Our inability to do justice to the death of Prince Philip

The soft bigotry of low expectations

The implications of identity politics on literary trends

Alexander Larman looks at the life and duty of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who has died at the age of 99

Alexander Larman recalls the life and legacy of Paul Ritter, who has died at the age of 54

With the latest round of humiliating revelations, David Cameron is very much seen as yesterday’s man

For his eighth novel, Anthony Quinn continues his noble tradition of producing a thumping good read

As Line of Duty now seems mired in the complexity of its own backstory, Alexander Larman asks if on-screen plots have become too complicated for us to enjoy

Muted celebrations, concerns of relevance and controversial origins — Alexander Larman delves into the RSC at 60