On figures from the Nazi past, Jonathan Littell’s "Kindly Ones", Michel Houellebecq,

On Harold Wilson, care for the elderly, and singing Girls Aloud badly.

The Thatcher policy honcho and former editor of the Times Literary Supplement

The author of "Quiet" on introversion.

On Margaret Thatcher's positive legacy, meat pie in a can, and interrupting a funeral

Carey discusses bad-boy characters and Australian identity.

On the social housing crisis, admiring Tony Blair, and standing in for Take That.

“The women of my party are not just dolls or decor”

Rani Moorthy, Tamil Sri Lankan actress, discusses cultural dislocation, civil war, and