BBC
The Rev Colin Godley: Media vicar
A man for all airwaves
The Critic Books Podcast: The BBC — A People’s History
One hundred years on from the founding of the BBC, David Hendy speaks about how history has shaped the corporation
5 Live’s cull of the cultured
There has been a revolution in the beeb’s sports coverage
Return to Reith
Why conservatives need to do more than bash the Beebs
I miss the old BBC
The BBC has lost its way and things have to change
Bye bye BBC
Why it’s time for Auntie to say goodnight
Chum chucking chum
Not the Nine O’Clock News, or Ten, or Eleven, or, well, any
Man’s best friend
Eric Gill was an awful man — but that doesn’t make his art any less brilliant
Blacks to slaughter
If black lives really are to matter, we need stronger action against knife crime
Better late than never
The BBC finally drop Stonewall
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
