Jamie Mackay (@JacMackay) is a writer and journalist based in the UK and Italy. He is a contributing editor to openDemocracy and a co-founder of Precarious Europe (@precariouseur)
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Published in: ourBeebourBeeb podcast 3: Richard Eyre on "the most important cultural institution in Britain"Richard Eyre joins ourBeeb for a fascinating discussion of the BBC's unique role in British culture.
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Published in: ourBeebCanon fodder: how the BBC can get beyond the Bard and define the future of fiction
When the BBC fixates on a narrow literary canon, and presents classic novels in straightforward adaptations, it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire for the entrepreneurs: London’s Shard is officially ‘open to the world’The forces of spectacle were effervescent at last week’s Shard opening. In an immoderate display of vogue technology...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain from above: blue sky topography in the second age of synergyOver 16,000 aerial photographs capturing history dating from near the beginning of the last century were made freely...
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Published in: ourBeebFrom 'special interest' to public interest: minority programming and the BBC’s democratic mandate
One of the BBC's most lauded strengths is its ability to tailor programming for its audiences' special interests....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWelcome to the “Great British Summer”
The arrival of the ‘Great British Summer’ has been marked by relentless propagandising and shocking displays of...