Following the recent Oscar nod for Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, Alexander Larman looks at other parallels between the two thespians

Murray Walker was the last of the great sports commentators who brought us unforgettable sporting moments and catchphrases which delighted a generation

David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester

Is the Home Office serious about sending asylum seekers to a British island?

In the wake of Sarah Everard’s death, why has no one acknowledged that Lockdown has provided the ideal conditions for which violence against women can thrive?

Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)

Engaging with students on the history of mathematics would do far more than pretending that the subject abounds with racism

Schools have become too focussed on training talent in service of the economy to the detriment of individual and collective flourishing

Is the Democratic Party under Joe Biden becoming the party of banning books?

Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the many conspiracies and secretive plots that really did shape the course of events