The BBC degrades itself with its Phillip Schofield fixation
From an “exclusive” interview to a live feed on the This Morning presenter’s departure, the broadcaster has left its lofty…
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Succession games reach the Daily Mail
This week saw a promotion for Vere Harmsworth, a promising executive and... son of Lord Rothermere, the Daily Mail’s proprietor.
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Do we need another political podcast?
The Power Test, co-hosted by Ayesha Hazarika and Sam Freedman, will delight Westminster obsessives.
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Mourn the death of online media’s optimism and anarchy
The decline of Vice and BuzzFeed marks the end of a time it was easy to believe the internet was…
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Is Substack the future of media?
Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the…
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HMV is coming back to Oxford Street – music fans should rejoice
The retailer will return to its former flagship shop in central London after a four-year absence, following a surge in…
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Axed Times columnist has stopped pulling punches
David Aaronovitch didn’t hold back about his former employer – or the Telegraph.
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A decade on from the New Statesman’s 100th anniversary, I’m flushed with reminiscence
During the austerity decade, life at the magazine was coloured by gifted colleagues and celebrity guest edits.
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The strangeness of the right’s war on “green day”
Culture warriors deploy the word “freedom” to keep us chained to a regressive, repressive status quo of fossil fuels.
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Tim Davie and Richard Sharp have lost the BBC dressing room
Staff at the broadcaster hold its director-general and chairman in contempt.
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John Motson channelled the exhilaration of football, but commentary has moved on
For many fans the veteran commentator’s death has been the focal point for a wider sense of loss.
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Journalism’s dirty secret isn’t nepotism – it’s luck
With enough motivation, anyone can get their foot in the door. Staying in the room is where it gets complicated.
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Mutiny at the BBC: “Almost everyone has left. No one does any journalism”
After BBC chairman Richard Sharp’s appearance before a select committee, the mood has turned from despondency to rage.
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The Zahawi affair only proves the power of journalism – and the failure of government
If parliament is serious about standards, it should make the fourth estate stronger.
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Will the Sunday Times turn on “wokery”?
After the liberal Emma Tucker, the newspaper’s appointment of Ben Taylor as editor could mean a rightwards shift.
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I am haunted by the fear of being usurped by an artificial intelligence program
With relentlessly miserable weather and inspiration running dry, the last thing I need is a digital doppelgänger.
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The genius of Jennifer Coolidge
In her performances – and in her Golden Globes acceptance speech – the 61-year-old actress tells us so much about…
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Prince Harry’s ITV interview revealed more about posh British men than the tabloids or the royals
This interview was the prerogative of two ex-public school boys. The rest of us, less privileged, can only watch.
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“It was a caprice of the algorithm”: Louis Theroux on becoming a Gen Z icon
An old documentary clip of the 52-year-old broadcaster rapping made him an unexpected TikTok sensation.
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Why I hate end-of-year lists
We think of them as a glimpse into a person’s taste, but they’re more revealing of how that person wants…
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