BBC

Elusive quest for impartiality

I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy

On Radio
What is the point of the Proms?

The BBC’s new recruitment campaign for the Proms shows a clear disregard for its classical origins

Artillery Row
The battle for Ofcom

Ofcom is currently a bastion of woke liberal values; appointing Paul Dacre as the new head would go a long way in redressing the balance

Artillery Row
Acting is cancelled

Actors are cancelled, █████ is erased from history and the BBC gives meat-eaters a grilling

Scullionbait
Heads should roll after the BBC’s coverage of the Capitol Hill riot

Under Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s news and current affairs output has let us down again and again

Artillery Row
Meet me at Ronnie’s

A new BBC documentary captures the spirit of the club that made London a global hub for jazz

Features
The BBC, a class apart

Michael Collins says the corporation is fighting the wrong war, as usual

Features
Ofcom threatens diversity of opinion

Is it actually the function of our cultural institutions to reflect society as divided into arbitrary interest groups; and, even so, is it any business of the state, acting through Ofcom?

Artillery Row
The universal appeal of self-pity

Zeinab Badawi’s ‘The History of Africa’ (BBC World News)

On Television
The BBC’s worst mistake

A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC

Artillery Row