Michael Buerk
Michael Buerk is a former BBC foreign correspondent and newscaster. He is now a “silver striver”, currently filming two television documentary series and chairing the Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4.
The great inquisitor of Splott
John Humphrys’ A Day Like Today touches lightly on his early career, which is a shame
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration