Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
From major to minor
Who’s minor and who’s major reveal the power of collective prejudice
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
