It’s happening in another country, so our press hasn’t focused on it yet – despite the potential fallout – but on October 2nd, Ireland is re...

The discussion and debate over Murdoch Junior’s Beeb bashing continues: former Guardian editor Peter Preston today plays devil’s advocate ...

Who hosted the first programme on UK television in the genre that we now call the “chat show”? Way back, before Ross, before Wogan, before e...

No sooner had Murdoch Junior made his BBC-bashing speech on Friday evening, than he was at it again in a Q&A session yesterday. He once ...

The latest reorganisation of Local Government has left Crewe without a local council – the area is now part of Cheshire East, along with Mac...

Previously , I’d wondered whether Rupe’s decision to charge for online content was a bluff, or the first sign of desperation. The answer has...

The Daily Mail’s legendarily foul mouthed editor, Paul Dacre, has gone on record stating that his paper is not racist. He’s convinced himse...

Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning were both summery and mild in northern France: it was only after arriving back in Crewe that the weath...

With the death of Senator Edward Kennedy earlier this week has gone the generation of his family that influenced postwar liberal politics in...

Apart from the ritual mudslinging over the al-Megrahi release, and the post Ashes celebrations, things have gone a little quieter on the new...

So spoke Brian Johnston, in black and white, over half a century ago. And yes, England have won back the Ashes from Australia, by an ultimat...

It’s always good to see Rupe’s troops keeping up with the news. Today’s Sunday Times has, apparently, got hold of Bernard Gray’s report int...

The fallout from the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi continues : the latest grenade cast into this particular room has come from FBI he...

The release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, only man convicted for the Lockerbie bombing of December 1988, continues to generate column inches...

The BBC will never be a thing of perfection, and will never satisfy all its critics all of the time, but it brings its viewers and listeners...

Who’d be a cricket pundit? England slated for “only” getting 332 all out, then Australia fold their tent for a lowly 160. Phil Tufnell, who ...

For many years, Walter Cronkite was the “most trusted newscaster” in the USA. Now, with the advent of less than totally impartial media outl...

News International has for a while now been competing in the London free sheet market: its product, The London Paper, has recently enjoyed a...

The latest issue of Private Eye (number 1243) leads its “In The Back” section (page 28) with an article titled “Libyan Takeaway”. It points...

August 2009, and Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) to announce that the location will become the carrier’s 34t...