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SIR – The only way that Boris Johnson can survive as Prime Minister, following Monday’s leadership vote, is to tackle immediately the problems that this country faces – and achieve results.

Christian Wolmar's British Rail is a rose-tinted study of a depressing institution in a depressing era – and offers no advice for the future

Directed by the late Roger Michell, this documentary is ‘insightful, mischievous and assembled with panache’

After a sad hiatus, the Aldeburgh Festival returns to celebrate the great Benjamin Britten – and challenge him, too

The last film by Roger Michell, who died suddenly last September, reminds us of our monarch's profound decency – and, oddly, of ours

Around 800 people are now eligible to sit in the Lords - far too many peers for proper debates or discussions to be fully accommodated

Wanting an independent Scotland to join Nato while opposing Trident are ideals that simply don’t add up

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Caroline Knox

Simon Heffer’s new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind. The greatest strength of the book, and its goal, is encouraging readers to rethink their preconceptions of Victorian Britain. High Minds “is a big book about big personalities who’s ideas and actions influenced massive social change between 1840 and 1900 during the