On Radio
Multiple moans from the get-go
The americanisation of the BBC
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?
Wogan: heavyweight with a light touch
The absence of Terry Wogan leaves a hole in radio presenting
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Summer for sale
Cricket has always bent with the winds of change
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
