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
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds