Broadcasting
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
A lot to Bragg about
Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time” has been a rare civilised outpost at the BBC
Your front-room friend
Whatever the teething troubles, wireless was a miracle that brought people together
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
Return to Reith
Why conservatives need to do more than bash the Beebs
Broken news
Binding stations to strict impartiality regulations deprives people of watching partisan news programmes even if they want to
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Hutton OUT; Roger Knapman IN
Is the delicensing of CGTN a good thing?
Even though the Chinese English-language news channel can be pretty poisonous, Andrew Tettenborn questions whether it should be banned
The BBC is a liar. But is it noble?
Robin Aitken’s analysis is idiosyncratic but rings true
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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
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent