Radio
On the radar
A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
Multiple moans from the get-go
The americanisation of the BBC
Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken
What used to work, and what listeners enjoyed, is no longer the most important consideration for the decision-makers in Radio
My perfect castaway
Robin Ashenden whiled away a forced sojourn in Georgia by feasting on the back catalogue of Desert Island Discs and compiling a list of his favourite guests
Lost in the Moral Maze
What is kindness, and is it the highest of virtues?
Bragg shows what is possible
A show worth the licence fee by itself
Wanted: patron of high culture
Someone save Radio 3
Sack the lot at rotten Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is drowning in a puddle of self-willed mediocrity
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
