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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