Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell: ‘I did enjoy the 1960s very much’
The broadcaster, 89, on wishing to write one perfect poem, having a high old time, failing to make the world a better place and missing wearing high heels
Tim Lewis
04, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Joan Bakewell: ‘Life hasn’t got duller as I’ve got older. Less thrilling, perhaps’
The grande dame of broadcasting has, at 89, a new TV series and a book due out. Here she discusses painting, politics and swapping hot dishes with her lockdown neighbours
Tim Adams
17, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM
‘I’m one of the lucky ones, I’m financially OK’: welcome to ageing Britain, where pensioners outnumber children
Nearly one in five people in England and Wales are 65 or over – some are thriving, some struggling. How are we coping with the social, cultural and political change this brings?
Michael Savage
02, Jul, 2022 @4:25 PM
Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals
The long read: Its knack for creating tension and controversy has helped it remain an energising force in publishing for more than 50 years – but how do writers, publishers and judges cope with the annual agony of the Booker?
Charlotte Higgins
05, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
A moment that changed me: my teacher said my work was trite rubbish – and totally destroyed me
I thought I had unleashed the full force of my student intellect in a history essay. The formidable Betty Behrens let me know I did not understand what scholarship was
Joan Bakewell
08, Sep, 2021 @8:56 AM
The Tick of Two Clocks by Joan Bakewell review – home and away
The broadcaster’s account of downsizing and ditching a lifetime of objects is wonderfully told, if enviably stress-free
Rachel Cooke
05, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
Michael Rosen backs calls for Covid UK public inquiry
Children’s writer who nearly died from virus joins Joan Bakewell and other public figures in demanding investigation
Sarah Marsh and Robert Booth
20, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM
Joan Bakewell: ‘The world is full of such interesting people’
Joan Bakewell had been a broadcasting pioneer for more than half a century. And she’s still as forthright as ever. Here, she talks to Sophie Heawood about the empowerment of women, her newly streamlined life and why Boris has got it all wrong about the virus
Sophie Heawood
17, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
TV tonight: Rosario Dawson swaps her lightsabers for detective drama
Dawson stars as Allegra Dill in Briarpatch. Plus: Julia Bradbury walks Cornwall and Devon. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett
13, Jan, 2021 @6:20 AM
Joan Bakewell threatens legal action over delays to second Covid vaccine dose
Labour peer to challenge government decision to stretch timeline from three to 12 weeks
Matthew Weaver
12, Jan, 2021 @6:48 PM
Why Harold Pinter’s widow feels his screenplays deserve greater recognition
The playwright would have been 90 next month. Lady Antonia Fraser says a season of his films would be a fine tribute
Vanessa Thorpe
06, Sep, 2020 @7:34 AM
Over 100 MPs and peers in call to back creative industries in lockdown
Letter to government warns of impact of coronavirus on workers and their families
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
14, Apr, 2020 @2:43 PM
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