Journalism
The secret diary of Adrian Chiles (aged 55 11/12ths)
A glimpse of genius at work
Tabloid fiction
A new book on journalism gets it wrong
Britain’s communitarian delusions
Activism inflames community tensions in Surrey
A columnist’s farewell
One column ends and another begins
A moral panic that should have been spiked
The needle spiking epidemic was a media invention
The big lie: The inside story of the BBC’s Bashir cover-up
How the Corporation betrayed its founding principles to protect senior executives
First find your clique …
Whatever one’s attachment to noble causes, it’s more fun to write for the right-wing press
Danny Lestrange: Eternal Columnist
From the immaturity of young adulthood to the immaturity of old age
Against writers
But in praise of writing
Charley Coutts: celebrity interviewer
From Nick Cage to De Niro
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
