Archive

Contents

Editorial It’s a fire sale

Not finally…

Steven Barnett looks into The Sun

John Mair wants a local journalist

Nick Jenkins makes a confession

Arthur MacMillan calls out a PR trick

 

Charlotte Henry Give us back the old barons

Branko Brkic The world looks to London

Pedro Sanchez We can repair social media

Julian Petley A way to stop the lies

Laura Davison Protect us from AI

Martin Bright Pay them what they’re worth

David Woode Keeping back the facts

Roy Greenslade When police behave badly

John Mair Piling in on the PM

Ben Lynfield Israel tightens the screw

Book Reviews

Robert Tombs admires Tim Shipman

John Sutherland recoils from man’s inhumanity

Raymond Snoddy names the guilty men

Catherine Pepinster takes tabloid reporting to task

Valerie Grove celebrates Craig Brown

X Watch

Quotes of the quarter

The way we were

Reduced to clear

We spoke too soon. In September 2023, we promised here that we were about to learn what an elderly UK national newspaper was worth in a world dominated by the new media companies. Eighteen months on, we are still waiting to find out. The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday...

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It’s all my fault

I did my bit to pioneer working from home. More than 20 years ago, when I was production editor responsible for PA’s newswire output, we had a sub who found it more difficult than others to get into our central London office. Mike Dodd, who went on to be a co-editor...

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