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.
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Why Joan Collins' son is spilling the beans at The Oxford Lit Fest
Spilling the beans on his excessive childhood was an unlikely move for successful portrait painter Alexander Newley.
Robert Peston talks money, power and why the Government got things so wrong
"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 talks money, power and why the Government got things so wrong
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.
Why famous actress Hermione Norris shuns fame
It seems entirely uncharacteristic for Hermione Norris to be so unsettled.
Oxford Literary Festival round-up
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a founder member of the Social Democratic Party, argues that Europe’s financial and political problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and says European governance…
Dragons to House dinosaurs at Oxford Literary Festival
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…
Stories that are worth the wait at Oxford Literary Festival
The Oxford Literary Festival comes to a close on Sunday. Here we highlight five big events from the remaining few days
Joyful times in the sunshine at The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
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.
Seasons of splendour at Oxford Literary Festival
Maggie Hartford on a food writer who helped to transform our post-war diet
