Ben Lawrence

“Childhood lasts a lifetime.” This much-quoted statement from Floella Benjamin was in the news again this week as the children's presenter and author

The decline in quality children’s TV in our digital age is depressing and drama is a particular casualty. So what can be done?

If you dislike the idea of a whingeing luvvie whingeing about the plight of whingeing luvvies, then stop reading here.

The BBC is at it again, hacking away at the stuff that makes me happy to pay my licence fee.

The demise of the station’s last drama slot is a kick in the teeth both for listeners and for Britain’s creatives

The AI version of the late chat-show host is laughably bad. Living rivals can rest easy

You may not have heard of New Writing North (NWN). Set up in 1996, it was Britain's first regional writing agency, spotting and developing talent in the North East from its base in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

From Poldark to Trainspotting, regionalism in the arts matters – yet an obsession with promoting works with ‘universal appeal’ could kill it

There was worrying news for cinephiles this week when it emerged that the Prince Charles Cinema , a central London institution, was under threat of closure.

I have never got terribly close to the Mona Lisa (c 1503-6). I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists