Screen
Excellent Drama? Elementary
The BBC doesn’t know how to recognise a good series like Sherlock any more
Wireless: Long March to the Microphone
They were all members of an obscure outpost of the hard Left. Now they’re on The Moral Maze
Sky’s Beyond the Limit
The scrum on College Green, showed that compared to Murdoch, the BBC isn’t so bad
Wireless: In Thrall to a Despot
The BBC wilfully ignored Corin Redgrave’s paranoid politics and his evil friends
Wireless: Curmudgeons of the World Unite
BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentators aren’t afraid to tell the truth about how tedious sport can be
No Advocates for the Devil
The BBC and the rest of the media elite will never forgive Blair for betraying them
Spooked by Islamists
Watching the latest batch of spy thrillers, you’d never guess who the real enemy was
Revolutionary Rediscovered
The BBC has created an admirable series about a pioneering barrister — Garrow’s Law
Killing Miss Austen
The BBC’s adaptation of Emma might promote sexual chemistry but it lacks all tension
The Joke is On the Viewers
Ant and Dec rigged their game shows, but the fans have left them off the hook
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal