On Radio
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Spare me the Great Canadian Warbler
Radio 4 celebrates the limited talents of Joni Mitchell
Palin was a rare Radio 4 treat
The triumph of Michael Palin’s Book of the Week and the tragedy of Radio 4 comedy
Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
Not having a gay old time
On BBC radio’s preoccupation with Americans and identity politics.
Remembering an unfashionable writer
BBC Radio 4 attempts to resurrect fallen literary figures.
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
Multiple moans from the get-go
The americanisation of the BBC