BBC
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…
Radio review: At last! A proper Book at Bedtime
It had begun to look as if Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime had been taken over by the zealous publicity-hungry…
Brainwashed from birth: the cult of the BBC
Last week I was on holiday with my family on the Algarve. The good news was that, thanks to the…
