End of the Old Order?
July 8, 2011
All that probably can be said about the closure of the News of the World...
The Trust Game
July 6, 2011
Trust. There can’t be terribly much of it around these days, when it comes to...
Milly Dowler
July 5, 2011
July 5 2011. Last night, BBC’s Newsnight programme was devoted to two items: claims that...
The Axe Falls
June 8, 2011
June 8, 20:00. The scene was said to be one of “utter devastation”. People huddled...
The BBC is Ours, Yes?
March 17, 2011
The BBC belongs to all of us, by virtue of the licence fee that we...
Stevenson's Departure
December 11, 2010
At the start of the week, the BBC programme, Newsnight, carried two debates, one about...
Stand up for Courtesy
November 13, 2010
It has been niggling away for a few days, and it cannot be contained any...
Media Training
November 11, 2010
A few weeks ago, I entered a phone-in debate being hosted by John Beattie on...
Not Just BBC v Sky?
August 28, 2010
The MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival is delivered to a large audience,...
Women's Football
August 22, 2010
Jim Traynor said it himself during his football radio phone-in show on BBC Radio Scotland...
In our opinion: Policy pages
February 22, 2010
There is clearly an appetite for debating Scotland’s future, and the country’s senior business and...
