Ian McKellen
The gossip must go on
Lockdown tales from our showbusiness mole
The local food revival
Felipe Fernández-Armesto rejoices in the pleasures and comforts of traditional food
Why Lord Sumption is wrong about the coronavirus shutdown
Joshua Rozenberg says lockdown measures are a price worth paying
“Between you and me…”
Our theatre gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors
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
Is Boris Johnson the wrong man?
And do we still have a national story? With Simon Heffer and Jeremy Black
Speaking power to truth
Patrick Porter reviews The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power