When Morris dancing is being taken seriously again, you know you're in the midst of a serious folk revival.
The electrifying first session of our public service broadcasting symposium on June 10th takes on even greater resonance in a week that has seen the publication of a series of key BBC documents and a major speech from the chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons. David Elstein explains why.
Scotland, sex and decency. The combination of the three has long been known to generate weird and authoritarian outcomes. The scottish law against “Outraging Public Decency” appears to potentially criminalise
The coalition's plans to reduce the number of constituencies in the UK to 600 and reduce their size poses a number of difficulties and will prove controversial.
If you want to understand the Left's antagonistic attitude towards England and English identity then I recommend that you listen to this talk by Charlie Kimber and thediscussion
A bunch of wealthy Blairites seems to be the answer, as revealed by the list of major donors to the leadership campaigns in June released by the Electoral Commission.
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Obama and Netanyahu meet, emphasizing ‘unbreakable bond’. British troops to pull out of Sangin. US soldier charged with leaking Iraq war video. UK announces torture inquiry. Indian army deployed in Kashmir as violence soars. All this and more in today’s security briefing.
On Friday I saw my great friend Shahidul Alam, the eloquent photographer and campaigner, in the street, rushing as ever - based in Dhaka but passing through London, on a multitude
Public Service Broadcasting needs a review that raises its head above the parapet and surveys the changing media landscape, argues Richard Collins.
After the bankers’ crash and the Keynesian moment, we are now ‘back to the future’ of the safety and comfort of the mantras of the Thatcher and Blair eras. This is the coming of another British revolution in the size of the state and public spending.
