TV
Why ‘Lady Chatterley’ Still Provokes Us
On the set of the BBC’s recent adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel, I realised that his most controversial book is as important as ever
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
Predictable Pot-Shots At Auntie
The stifling right-wing press has adopted a cultish refusal to publish one good word about the BBC
Protestant Power Games
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, superbly adapted for television, is brilliant because it defies easy definition
Who’s in Charge of BBC News?
The Corporation’s reporting and investigations are still essential-but now they are threatened from within
Rivers of Babylon
The great provocateur – Joan Rivers
Revolt of the TV Eunuchs
Celebrity presenters such as Jon Snow reject impartiality. But the news must not be twisted
A Saga with Staying Power
Revisiting the unsurpassed TV glories of The Forsyte Saga
Civilisation: Do we know it when we see it? He did
The presenter the BBC chooses to remake Kenneth Clark’s seminal series has a tough act to follow
Typecast by the ‘ologies
‘I know that my obituary will read “Lipman Gets Cut Off”, but I honestly thought the BT ‘ology commercials were toasted bagels-until Nigel Farage brought it all back’
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC