The prime minister relied on the advice of classically trained dramatist Leonie Mellinger to help him communicate with the ...

Mr Starmer has also spoken movingly about his relationship with his dad Rodney. In speeches, he has often spoken about his dad's job as a toolmaker and how it gave him "a deep respect for the ...

Sir Keir Starmer relied for five years on an actress ... during which he spoke about his toolmaker father, Rodney, and his ITV Life Stories interview with Piers Morgan, which saw him weep at ...

Why doesn’t Keir Rodney Starmer fit the Brian Walden/Margaret Thatcher template – he’s the most ordinary man in power? “Yeeees… But to become part of the establishment you have to adopt ...

Heathrow is already four times the size of Sydney’s CBD, but the British government is ready to let a controversial expansion plan go through.

Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minster to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting ...

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its ...