Kenneth Williams
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
“Between you and me…”
Our theatre gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
