Media
Cannes Do Better
‘The writer’s place in a movie is somewhere between the second assistant cameraman and the catering staff’
Party Lines
Are superinjunctions absolutely super? Our columnist overhears the great debate…
ONLINE ONLY: The Israel Scapegoat
Even in the midst of Arab revolt, media outlets around the world — including many in Britain — give credence to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
A Vanished World
Peter Paterson’s engaging memoir evokes an era of Fleet Street camaraderie which has long since disappeared
Blowing the BBC’s Gaff
Book review of When One Door Closes by Peter Sissons
Debasing Orwell
An “Orwellian” US-based company, which generates editorial content “without human authoring”, highlights the difference between lazy journalism and sinister civil restriction
Keane Goes Back to Basics
The BBC correspondent may have launched ‘emotional journalism’ but he has returned to reportage
Rupert Murdoch
The media mogul gets up the noses of the chattering classes for preserving pluralism of press and broadcasting
BBC plays by the Kremlin’s Rules
Questions need to be asked about the role of the BBC’s Russian Service after it pulled my programme on the Litvinenko murder
Sell Off the BBC
It’s time to think the unthinkable, and admit that privatising the BBC is a great idea
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