On Radio
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
The end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Word pictures at a gallery
Paintings are appreciated best when there are few people around to spoil the view
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get