How a cocky petrolhead found his soul

From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation

Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause

A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm

Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism

What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?

An element of fiction can bring insights and humanity that pure non-fiction lacks

The “liberal” suspension of the rule of law should concern us all

Vexed by Insta videos and impressed by Venice

War, Brexit, Truss and an idea for new merchandise