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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
