BBC Radio 4
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
The BBC’s fanfare for a fanatic
Radio 4 flatters the Lancasters of this world and patronises the Connollys
This show has said it all before
Not all bad, but the tone is too breezy
Sara Wheeler on art was a winner
By telling her own story, Wheeler caught the ear of thousands like her
Stop the Wark Coalition
BBC Radio has lost its purpose
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration