Nick Cohen
They Missed the Story
Ignoring the silenced millions, Western journalists got the Middle East all wrong
Murder Most Mundane
British crime drama should emulate a Danish series as good as anything from America
The Moral Low Ground
American TV dramas are often realistic and authentic, unlike their British counterparts
The Hounding of M. F. Husain
India’s greatest living artist has been forced out of his home country by Hindu sectarian extremists
Keane Goes Back to Basics
The BBC correspondent may have launched ‘emotional journalism’ but he has returned to reportage
Different Class
Only in Britain could a TV company get away with a drama that looks so lovingly at the past
Culture? Reach for the Remote
French TV may be dull, but it is unashamedly highbrow. Not so British broadcasting
Excellent Drama? Elementary
The BBC doesn’t know how to recognise a good series like Sherlock any more
Radical Islam’s Fellow-Travellers
They swoon at the feet of Tariq Ramadan and pour scorn on those who question his motives, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Wireless: Long March to the Microphone
They were all members of an obscure outpost of the hard Left. Now they’re on The Moral Maze
Only Congress can tame Beijing’s bloody instincts
Hong Kong’s struggle for freedom is inspirational. But outsiders must help by challenging police violence
Doomed by data, our new Trojan Horse
“Data, like the jungle, is neutral. But its users are not.”
The riddle of the car bomb and the lucky gambler
Investigating the assassination of a Maltese journalist has been a masterclass in legal ping-pong