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Why the BBC will never match Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation
No modern critic would dare match Kenneth Clark’s fearless way with sweeping statements
Without Paxman, the BBC will have just one interrogator: John Humphrys
In a double blow for the beleaguered BBC, the corporation has lost three of its most compelling attractions in little…
Ukip isn’t a national party. It’s a Tory sickness
It can happen that something ought to feel wrong yet somehow doesn’t; and you wonder whether this means that in…
The lefty liberals may be losing their hold over the arts world
If you happen to be reading this column at breakfast, I’d recommend you skip to something more agreeable like Dear…
An ex-fascist or two isn't the BBC's problem. Its boss class is
Duncan Weldon’s past – as a Labour adviser and elsewhere – doesn’t affect his ability to do the job
MH370 isn't the only flight that's still missing
Plane vanished Some other planes, besides Flight MH370, which have disappeared without trace: — A Boeing 727 cargo plane that…
So now we know – the BBC is more scared of offending Muslims than gay people
Are there enough black and minority ethnic people on our television screens? The comedian Lenny Henry thinks not and has…
What’s happened to Harriet Harman?
Watching Harriet Harman being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg on Newsnight earlier this week was a strange experience. I felt as…
In defence of the BBC’s Sochi commentators
You can trust the BBC to behave like a leaf blown by any breeze, but even that spineless leviathan (if…
I've invented a new game. It's called 'Six Degrees of Shami Chakrabarti'
Can someone please explain to me why the BBC newsreaders were not wearing black armbands last weekend when reporting the…
What medieval farmers knew – and the Environment Agency doesn't
Our neighbour Philip Merricks is a farmer on Romney Marsh, 90 per cent of whose land is below sea level.…
Jeremy Paxman's Great War is great. But is 2,500 hours of WW1 programming too much?
Why are we so fascinated by the first world war? As its 100th anniversary approaches, we’re already mired in arguments…
James Delingpole: 'The Truth About Immigration' is anything but
Immigration. Were you aware that this has become a bit of a problem these past ten years? I wasn’t, obviously,…
Jeremy Clarkson brings Yuletide joy to the Delingpole household
So I’m looking at the seasonal TV schedules trying to find something — anything — to watch. Britain and the…
Mishal Husain's diary: Sachin, women secret agents, shipbuilding .. and telling the time.
I’ve worked for the BBC for years and have been listening to the Today programme all my adult life, but…
Charles Moore: State broadcasting allows fascism — and we're paying the fees for it
There has not been much good news out of Greece since the eurozone powers decided to crush the country, but…
James Delingpole: Is the fight against environmentalism the new Cold War?
Gosh it isn’t half irksome when someone who went to the same school as you but is considerably younger than…
James Delingpole: Why can't the BBC be impartial in the climate change debate?
‘Well, you’re arguing facts against opinions. OK, I mean, the fact that the amount of carbon dioxide in the air…
Rod Liddle: Ever since I criticised a leftist icon, the Beeb hasn't stopped calling me
Ring, ring goes the telephone every minute God sends. Sometimes I pick it up and say hello, sometimes I don’t.…
Bet on Royal Mail, not Twitter
Royal Mail delivers to 29 million UK addresses; last year it generated £9 billion of revenues, of which £324 million…
Is David Starkey God?
‘Somerset. Winter 877,’ said the subtitles below an arty, BBC-nature-doc style close-up of a coot paddling amid the reeds on…
A bearded, medallion-wielding, miniature puppet won’t persuade us to go digital
Will digital radio ever really take off? We were supposed to be switching over to digital-only reception in 2015 (three…
The BBC bows to celebrity
The licence fee is both a blessing and a curse for the BBC. The clue is in that nickname —…
Letters: The Met Office answers Rupert Darwall, and a defence of Bolívar
Wild weather Sir: Weather and climate science is not an emotional or political issue — even though emotions and politics run…
'One warm night in June 1917 I became the man who nearly killed the Kaiser'
Daniel Swift 1 March 2014 9:00 am
The traditional story told about the first world war is that it changed everything: that it was the end of…