Barack Obama could not, as a man of mixed race, have become President without Lincoln’s efforts and Lincoln’s success. So what will he do with that gift?

"There are good reasons why open primaries might not be a great idea. But if an effort to open up politics is itself closed down, surely we ought to talk about it?"

The Today presenter opens up about the heart condition which almost killed him

"Someone called this election '50 shades of grey without the sex'. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Stay up all night"

"Where is the sense of adventure and glamour that the better car companies of yesteryear undoubtedly had?"

This year's Reith Lecturer Niall Ferguson talks about our age of moral failure with Justin Webb

The presenter of Radio 4's Today programme wonders how Twitter will shape the future of marketing

As usual, anyone who’s anyone on TV was at our annual bash...

The public should get to help select political candidates, says Justin Webb - and Amelia Lily should still be in The X Factor

The former US vice-president on the power of documentary