Clive James

Author tells The Last Word it is amazing he is still alive after terminal cancer diagnosis

Many parents must look at the modern game and shudder

It’s tempting to read ‘Blackstar’ as David Bowie’s swansong. But he was already writing his next album

Seamus Heaney’s son writes about his father’s final message to his family: ‘Noli timere’

Benedict Cumberbatch again misses out as Campbell surprises with her win for portrayal of a victim of domestic violence

Review: Newstalk’s Breakfast presenter mixes wit and insight to win listeners, but even he cannot lift the lethargy as a guest on the RTÉ Radio 1 show

Karl Miller: August 2nd, 1931 - September 24th, 2014

In his revealing new documentary ‘Utopia’, distinguished journalist John Pilger paints a bleak picture of life for the aboriginal people of his native Australia

BOD must realise role of pundit is about entertainment and honesty and a willingness to call it as it is

As a critic Clive James changed the way we think about TV, then, as a presenter, kick-started its obession with low-rent celebrity. One of the most under-rated writers of the past 50 years, he has also published poetry, essays and, now, a translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy