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
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway