Profiles

John Cridland: 'The public sector must feel private sector's pain'

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

The Business Interview: The CBI's new, more cautious director general talks to Sean O'Grady about the 'necessary' cuts, and ways to get UK plc back on track

Yulia Tymoshenko: the leader looking beyond a revolution

Monday, 21 March 2011

The Monday Interview: Yulia Tymoshenko brought down Ukraine's president. But that makes her nation's current fight look easy, she tells Shaun Walker

Cameron Mackintosh: Making a song and dance about Betty

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Susie Mesure: The tale of a pig in post-war austerity Britain has prompted the unexpected return to West End musicals of one of its all-time greats.

Alberto Salazar: Stay one step ahead in space race

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Simon Turnbull: Marathon legend of the 'old school' who keeps British runner Farah on his toes by using cutting edge technology.

Simon Hislop: Healthy attitude acts as lesson to all men

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Paul Newman: Oxford medic has come back from testicular cancer to compete in Boat Race.

How We Met: Neil LaBute & Anna Waterhouse

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Monica Ali: 'I wear the same smelly pyjamas again and again; it's revolting'

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Before I start work on a novel I get to know the characters in my head I live with them for a while, as I did with Nazneen and Chanu in Brick Lane; hearing their voices, listening to them talk to one another.

Gus O'Donnell: No wonder they call him God

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Andy McSmith: Britain's most senior civil servant has a reputation for ruffling prime ministerial feathers.

My Secret Life: Max Clifford, PR consultant, 67

Saturday, 19 March 2011

My parents were ... Lillian and Frank. He was an electrical worker and an accomplished classical pianist and my mum was a housewife.

Phil Spencer: 'I'm being myself on TV. No hamming'

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Kirstie and Phil. No need for formal introductions surely. It's like Ant and Dec, Jamie and Nigella – first-name terms will suffice. The Honourable Kirstie Allsopp and Mr Philip Spencer have been property TV's dream double-act, with Channel 4's Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation, since 2001. But while Kirstie has given a whole succession of fearless interviews over the years, on everything from breastfeeding in front of the telly and her mild dyslexia to advising the Conservative Party on housing issues, Phil has kept a discreet veil drawn over his private life.