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Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Making plans for Nigel
Culture wars may give Nigel Farage another chance to ambush the Conservatives
The Jenrick method
The saga of Victoria Tower Gardens
Labour’s fork in the road to victory
If Labour appeals primarily to young progressive urban supporters, can it win back traditional working class communities?
Can a Twitter campaign topple the BBC?
‘Defund the BBC’ will probably be denied a platform with the institution it seeks to abolish
Why I am backing Buckingham University
Buckingham University is flying high without the help of state support
Dark matters
Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think
A perversion of Puritanism
The toppling of Colston’s statue in Bristol sends a terrible message to today’s would-be philanthropist
Jane’s profound piety
Jeremy Black reviews Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics, by Tom Keymer
The sanctification of George Floyd
Being killed by a brutal policeman does not change a man’s life from bad to good