As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works

Culture wars may give Nigel Farage another chance to ambush the Conservatives

The saga of Victoria Tower Gardens

If Labour appeals primarily to young progressive urban supporters, can it win back traditional working class communities?

‘Defund the BBC’ will probably be denied a platform with the institution it seeks to abolish

Buckingham University is flying high without the help of state support

Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think

The toppling of Colston’s statue in Bristol sends a terrible message to today’s would-be philanthropist

Jeremy Black reviews Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics, by Tom Keymer

Being killed by a brutal policeman does not change a man’s life from bad to good