Plus-sized actors and theatres rattling the begging bowl

The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel

To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art

On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God

Are civil servants the blameless dupes of “partygate”?

The Prime Minister remains sorry but not sorry

More freedom won’t cure the disease

The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns

British universities are ill-served by the Research Excellence Framework

A country pub where the cooking extracts the maximum amount of flavour