<p>Writer, journalist and broadcaster Nick Higham joined the BBC in 1978 as its first media correspondent a year before the Conservative landslide victory led by Margaret Thatcher. In 1993 his role expanded to Arts editor as he presided over the ever-changing entertainment landscape for an unprecedented quarter of a century. Leaving the BBC in 2018, Higham returned to his first love: British history, penning a repertoire of works on British history. His new book <em>Mavericks: Oil, Revolution and The Battle of World War One </em>charts the journey of a group of British diplomats making their way across the Caspian Sea. I caught up with the cultural commentator at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival to talk: culture, history and his recollections on a glittering career in British broadcasting. Ladies and gentlemen; Mr Nick Higham</p>