PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.

PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis

PAUL DONOVAN enjoys a somewhat rose-tinted survey of Brown’s achievements and legacy, as well as his moments of political cowardice

Channel 4’s Dirty Business shows why private companies cannot be trusted with vital services like water, says PAUL DONOVAN

PAUL DONOVAN applauds a new play that revisits in old age the well-known characters of Margaret Thatcher’s favourite TV series

PAUL DONOVAN enjoys a brutally honest rags to riches memoir of the actor’s life, even if it clearly lacks any political insight

From Prague success to Premier League peril, PAUL DONOVAN writes about the decisions that dragged the Hammers into a relegation fight

Why is welfare in its limited sense attacked when aimed at the poor? asks poignantly PAUL DONOVAN