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I am big, it’s freesat that got small
Rob Hutton takes dictation, very carefully, from our new proprietor
Welcome to Tufton Street!
The Critic Narrated: Episode One, with Matthew Lloyd Roberts, Claudia Savage Gore and Jonathan Aitken
The Critic’s new home
Ecclesiastical textiles, Regency architecture and relief carvings: welcome to The Critic’s new address
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The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
Wogan: heavyweight with a light touch
The absence of Terry Wogan leaves a hole in radio presenting
On Mount Nebo’s crest
The political life of David Trimble
What is good in life, Theresa?
All good things come to an end; and Boris too
Good and evil on the new frontier
Our current ethical guidelines are hopelessly inadequate for a new era of unimaginable technological change
The vast plight of the Proms
The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike
The Realist bogeyman
Everyone likes to shoot the messenger and nobody likes to hear “I told you so”
Irish irredentism?
You can’t back a “United Ireland” whilst condemning “Greater Hungary”
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
Labour’s lost cause
Despite recent successes, the party is still leaving working class voters behind
Human rights and legal wrongs
Why doesn’t British legislation protect free speech?