Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken
What used to work, and what listeners enjoyed, is no longer the most important consideration for the decision-makers in Radio
Lost in the Moral Maze
What is kindness, and is it the highest of virtues?
Bragg shows what is possible
A show worth the licence fee by itself
Wanted: patron of high culture
Someone save Radio 3
Sack the lot at rotten Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is drowning in a puddle of self-willed mediocrity
An American’s excellent essays
A set of fine programmes on the American bohemians who brought to life a great city on the cusp of significant change
When Great Lives grates
Tales of lives lived well, or disgracefully, are always interesting, but what makes a good obit?
Clearly raising the tone
What makes the perfect radio voice?
Doing the Strand
The glorious heyday of Roxy Music, when just to be a fan of a band that sounded like no other was like being in an exclusive club
Wogan: heavyweight with a light touch
The absence of Terry Wogan leaves a hole in radio presenting
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Stewart Lee is wrong about comedy and censorship
Despite the awfulness of much “anti-woke” comedy, opponents of political correctness have a point
Reasons to be cheerful
A pessimist tries to summon up Christmas cheer
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
