Alexander Larman

The suspicion that it has a partial basis in fact makes the saga splendidly and addictively watchable

In the wake of the Guardian’s controversial obituary of Peter Sutcliffe, Alex Larman considers the nuances of writing obits

As Rugby School prepares to auction off some of its most prized literary possessions, one must wonder what Dr Arnold would have to say

Compared to his peers, Evelyn Waugh has not had the range or quality of adaptations that he deserves

Susan Hill’s story remains one of the most pervasively unsettling tales in the English ghost story tradition

Now that Depp has lost his libel case, it is now widely believed that his career is all but over

Who was the “real” Sean Connery?

Alexander Larman talks to the controversial director of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum

Political memoirs can be essential, eye-popping reading if the subject is handled in the right way

Private education is under threat from Oxbridge quotas and soaring fees, to the detriment of bright scholarship pupils