BBC Radio
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
Graceland: collab or colonialism?
Paul Simon fell foul of the anti-apartheid lobby
Remembering my old pal, “Peebs”
Andy Peebles had a broader hinterland than one might expect from a DJ
The schools of hard knocks
Many boys suffered, but some carried their misery into the world of work
Sara Wheeler on art was a winner
By telling her own story, Wheeler caught the ear of thousands like her
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
State of the arts coverage
The BBC has caved to cowardice over culture
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.