PAUL SAFFER on Robin Day, the always-humble Grand Inquisitor who gave us BBC’s Question Time. Continue reading
Tag Archives: BBC
Morgan of the Month: BBC
Memo to Auntie: enough about yourself, already. Continue reading
Diana and the hacks
ALWYN TURNER remembers how the death of Princess Diana was covered in the media. Continue reading
Isn’t the gig economy brilliant? (Or not)
DAN ATKINSON on the mixed messages of the Taylor review. Continue reading
Street fighting men?
Is the Left still hankering after 1968 and all that, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Through the past, gladly
PAUL SAFFER on how the 2017 election matches up to those of the past. Continue reading
Election night highlights: 1987
Esther Rantzen, George Galloway and Mars bars – it must be the BBC election coverage, says PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Off the shelf: ‘Party Animals’
DAN ATKINSON on David Aaronovitch’s memoir of growing up with the CPGB. Continue reading
The pernicious problem of Preachy TV
DAN ATKINSON is unimpressed by propaganda masquerading as drama. Continue reading
‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading
All cricket on the Western Front
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and failed Liberal candidate AG Macdonell. Continue reading
I knew Owen Smith. Owen Smith was a friend of mine
ROGER HERMISTON wishes he had one fruity anecdote about the would-be Labour leader, but he doesn’t. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 