Editorial Watching brief
Not finally… Branko Brkic issues a call to arms
Catherine Pepinster questions religious knowledge
jane fae describes a media storm
Rupert Uloth wants to be liked
Colin Freeman investigates a theft
Nigel Dacre has plans for the Media Society
Arthur MacMillan Kissing the president’s ring
Eliot Higgins No more gatekeepers
Michael White How the Lobby has changed
Jelani Cobb We must admit our mistakes
Stewart Purvis Why belief trumps truth
John Ryley The US has nothing to teach us
Martin Bright The end of a voice of reason
Sarah Sands The long reach of bad regimes
BOOK REVIEWS
Julian Petley demands reform of newspapers
Michael Binyon learns how dictators work
Richard Gillis explains the money in football
Peter McKay marvels at Pamela Berry
Paul Routledge remembers a son of toil
Martin Rowson laughs at miners’ strike cartoons
Roy Greenslade on a forgotten great
Xwatch
The way we were
Quotes of the quarter
Jane Reed remembered
For a moment, we were back in the late 80s, that dizzy period when the print unions were broken and the internet was a distant dream and new newspapers were popping up all over the place. Except the excitement this spring wasn’t over a new title, but a relaunch of an...
America is pulling funding of uncensored radio stations just as Russia and China are raising their spending on state-controlled propaganda
Once politicians make voters believe the media are lying, they no longer have to campaign with any care for facts
Donald Trump divides and rules when he talks to the White House press. Would it work in Britain?
You probably haven’t read Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot. It’s the story of how a former British diplomat rescues a group of sailors who spent five years hijacked by Somali pirates. Sadly, it wasn’t quite...
She was a small woman but – wow! – she packed a punch. Even in what was laughingly termed “retirement”, when she found time to be an indefatigable member of the editorial board of this magazine, she brought enough energy and enthusiasm to everything she did to shame...