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
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
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Big town life
Force for progress, loyalist fortress, or den of iniquity — the English town has been all of these, and more