Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its ...

The historian – once dubbed ‘the rudest man in Britain’ – on cancel culture, free speech and why he refuses to ‘shut up’ ...

Well, on the British bit, you’re quite right. Britain acts like a cheerleader. It’s a vicarious imperialism; they used to lay ...

Peter Mandelson, the new British ambassador to Washington, has always been keen to suck up to the wealthy. He should have no ...

Hot on the heels of announcing his return to the West End stage with his acclaimed Political Party, Matt Forde adds Kemi ...

S ir Keir Starmer KC is among the most successful British politicians of the past half-century. In just four years, Sir Keir ...

Concerns were often raised as to how his opinions would feature when he became monarch. The head of state is a non-political figurehead and must remain strictly neutral. But when he turned 70, four ...

Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Britain will settle for a merely functional relationship with its ...

Until the opposition groups can agree to join forces, any rebellion by unhappy Labour MPs is likely to be doomed, research ...

A year after his historic election win in 1997, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair remarked that the first thing ... And since becoming British prime minister last July, Keir Starmer has found ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused by Britain’s most eminent social mobility expert of “fudging the facts” about his education. Sir Peter Lampl, a former adviser to Sir Tony Blair and founder ...