Michael Young wrote The Rise of Meritocracy shortly after founding the Institute of Community Studies in 1954, but his ideas were barely incorporated into the work of the Institute. To mark its half-c
The Shot That Made Me is a collection of photographs and stories from world-renowned photographers about the photograph that had the greatest impact on their career. Some of the photographers featured
An illustrated memoir of one of Britain's greatest and best-loved actors.'National treasure? I hate that. Too dusty, too in a cupboard, too behind glass, too staid ... What I love is being part of a c
"From her first theatrical roles as a teenager in York to her scene-stealing performances as 'M' in the James Bond films, Dame Judi Dench's professional life has consisted of non-stop acting, leading
“I can hardly believe that it is more than half a century since I first stepped on to the stage of the Old Vic Theatre and into a way of life that has brought me the most rewarding professional relati
Over the last few decades, families in many highly developed nations (such as Great Britain) have been held together by grandparents. Yet as single motherhood spreads into this generation, extended fa
Modern treatments of Rome have projected in highly emotive terms the perceived problems, or the aspirations, of the present: 'race-mixture' has been blamed for the collapse of the Roman empire; more r
