Alastair Stewart

Impartiality and the battle for broadcast

28 September 2020 4:08 pm

Two big kites were launched by the Sunday Times that could, should they fly, redraw the broadcasting landscape. ‘BBC critics…

We've failed the class of 2020

14 August 2020 2:32 am

Much of the coverage of today’s exam results is dominated by disappointed Jacks and furious Jills. Determined parents are planning…

The deliberate ambiguity over policing face masks

25 July 2020 10:04 pm

Today is the first day of the Covid-19 pandemic in England when you must wear a mask if you go shopping.…

Boris's TV briefings could end the lobby pantomime

3 July 2020 10:58 pm

The daily coronavirus briefings from Downing Street were wildly popular by one measure, drawing in millions of viewers, but were they…