David Elstein
David Elstein was a senior executive at Thames Television and BSkyB and launched Channel 5 as its chief executive. He tweets at @DavidElstein1
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Kenya’s history rewritten
Inflated Mau Mau death figures based on incorrect statistical projections have now become accepted as “fact”
How Ofcom signed off on Channel 4’s lies
The regulator was complicit in a misleading C4 documentary about the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless