Ian Katz

Russell Brand is duller than even the grimmest political interview

13 September 2014 9:00 am

I have just spent a few moments in bed with the popular comedian Russell Brand and I have to say…

Without Paxman, the BBC will have just one interrogator: John Humphrys

10 May 2014 9:00 am

In a double blow for the beleaguered BBC, the corporation has lost three of its most compelling attractions in little…

An ex-fascist or two isn't the BBC's problem. Its boss class is

29 March 2014 9:00 am

Duncan Weldon’s past – as a Labour adviser and elsewhere – doesn’t affect his ability to do the job

Boring politicians are a threat to democracy. That means you, Rachel Reeves

14 September 2013 9:00 am

I’ve never met the woman that the Newsnight editor Ian Katz this week accidentally described as ‘boring, snoring Rachel Reeves’,…