
War veteran comes to Oxford Literary Festival
Steve Brown is talking to me from the summit of a hill near his home outside Aylesbury, sitting in his 4X4, the only place with a decent phone signal.
Steve Brown is talking to me from the summit of a hill near his home outside Aylesbury, sitting in his 4X4, the only place with a decent phone signal.
Spilling the beans on his excessive childhood was an unlikely move for successful portrait painter Alexander Newley.
"Robert Peston, BBC”. For a decade the phrase slipped off the tongue as one of the country’s most high profile journalists unleashed his interrogations of those in power.
Robert Peston, BBC”. For a decade the phrase slipped off the tongue as one of the country’s most high profile journalists unleashed his interrogations of those in power.
It seems entirely uncharacteristic for Hermione Norris to be so unsettled.
The End of the West David Marquand (Princeton, £16.95) Marquand, a founder member of the Social Democratic Party, argues that Europe’s financial and political problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and says European governance…
The Oxford Literary Festival, which starts on Saturday, has a stellar line-up of more than 500 speakers from 20 countries. The highlights include Philip Pullman, Alan Bennett, Amitav Ghosh and Judith Kerr, and we have hand-picked five intriguing…
The Oxford Literary Festival comes to a close on Sunday. Here we highlight five big events from the remaining few days
Bathed in glorious sunshine, the buildings of Oxford’s grandest college, Christ Church, are supplying a spectacular setting this week for The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.
Maggie Hartford on a food writer who helped to transform our post-war diet