As her book about poet Sir Thomas Wyatt is published, Nicola Shulman talks to David Sexton about modelling, marriage and being part of a media mafia... more
The worldwide success of a musical version of The Mysteries, which returns to London this month, shows how these remarkable medieval plays still speak to a 21st-century audience.... more
The BBC is under increasing pressure to clarify University Challenge rules after it emerged that four out of the last nine winning teams should have been disqualified... more
We all have to feel rather sorry for Oxford chemistry graduate Sam Kay. First, he missed out on funding for the postgraduate work he wanted to do. Then, as a direct result of this initial misfortune, his winning team has been disqualified from University Challenge. ... more
I was once on a panel that gave a prestigious award to Julie Myerson for her first novel, Sleepwalking, an elegantly overwrought account of an abused woman who begins a passionate affair... more
Ken Livingstone's forthright interview with this newspaper today should serve as a sharp corrective for anyone who believed that the former Mayor's defeat by Boris Johnson last May marked the end of his political career... more
Sir Peter Lampl gave up a lucrative career in management consultancy and finance to try to create a fairer education system for children from poorer backgrounds... more
Marriage, her own restaurant and a cruel plot twist have sent Eva Longoria into a feeding frenzy. And she's even been trying to fatten up new best friend Victoria Beckham.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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