CHRIST Church in Oxford has confirmed the death of fellow Lord Ian Blair aged 72. Ian Blair, who ran the Met Police from 2005 to 2008, was an honorary student of the Oxford college.

Synod began on Friday afternoon and alongside the usual scuffles over spending, sexuality and safeguarding, which will be covered in future blogs, there were a few encounters that made it feel a ...

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod arrived in York yesterday for five days of deliberation and discussion. Before the debate returned to questions of spending, sexuality or safeguarding, ...

Ian Hislop and Paul Merton speak to Radio Times magazine, sharing first impressions and reflecting on decades of sparring on Have I Got News for You.

Although Hislop knew England, Their England as a “big feel-good novel” growing up, he was introduced to Cad only recently by Nick Newman, his long-term friend and writing partner. “I read it and ...

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman said today: “We are thrilled to be returning to the Watermill Theatre with our new play, The Autobiography of a Cad. The Watermill has been an enthusiastic supporter of new ...

Ian Hislop A colonial upbringing In his work as a journalist and commentator in print and on television Ian Hislop constantly demonstrates a healthy scepticism towards people in positions of power.

Also this week: Good King Wenceslas’s winter fuel allowance and grumpy monks. By Ian Hislop My favourite headline this Christmas comes from the Bohemian Times and reads “King Wenceslas Scraps Winter ...

Ian Hislop has hit out at the Archbishop of Canterbury after he attended a gala one day after his resignation over an abuse scandal within the Church of England. Justin Welby, who will officially step ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby attended a “gathering of the great and good” a day after he announced he was quitting over a Church of England abuse scandal, the editor of Private Eye ...