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
What Trump gets right about NATO
There needs to be a shifting in the balance of responsibility from America to Europe
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Apart from the aqueducts, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths and town planning
Cancellation of a Brazilian artist
Dissenting opinions on transgenderism can inspire attempts to erase careers
Britain is not for sale
On the commodification of the nation state
Embracing the quiet life
Keir Starmer takes a vow of public service and perpetual dogmatic silence
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness