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The real threat to BBC impartiality The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...

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Culture Corner: Nigerian Modernism Last Friday I went to the Tate Modern with my pal the noted polymath Mr Perfect (real name) to see a new exhibition of Nigerian art of the l...

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Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.

If he does run I really hope his campaign slogan is "Chaos with Ed Miliband".

Ernie's El Dorado Part 9 - Ecuador Public Service Announcement:  If any of you are thinking of entering the exciting competition to come up with the best  sporting pun in a so...

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The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times? Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?

Should venues share stage times?

We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter

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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.

He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.

More Gigs-A-Go-Go So I went to a couple of gigs last week, one in a church and one on a boat. That's just the way it is these days. The church is St. John on ...

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Media analysts: "Will the resignation of Tim Davie help restore public trust in BBC?"
General public: "Who is Tim Davie?"

Single Song Sunday The series returns after a well-earned summer break and I think it may have caught the sun because there are several things about this editi...

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Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Chicago-born pope was responding Tuesday to a range of geopolitical questions from reporters outside the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, including what kind of spiritual…

Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States

could everyone just shut up about "f*r*ge" - talk about something else for a while, please

Ditto "AI"

Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings

Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

Pun Fun 1: The Theme As Monday's suggestion for a new competition got such an enthusiastic response (rather too enthusiastic in some quarters) I thought I may as...

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The Basin Brims Over The good folks at Basin Rock records - the pride of Todmorden - have a fairly small but highly refined catalogue which includes albums by t...

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'Do you want to die?' Irish citizen recalls train attack An Irish citizen who was stabbed on a London-bound train at the weekend has said "it was instinct" when he blocked the attacker from hurting other passengers.

'Do you want to die?' www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025...

Anyone For Pun Fun? Good morning all. I'm looking for some feedback from you today.  Inspired by the likes of Rol and John Medd with their fiendish quizzes and...

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Newness Abounds Regular readers will know from the title of the post that it is time for one of our occasional roundups of some of the new records that have...

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Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.

“The restriction on free movement has been a disaster,” www.politico.eu/article/end-...

Room With A Vieux Last Friday night found me at Troxy in London's lively Limehouse being blown away by the mighty Vieux Farka Touré and his band. Vieux is ver...

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I do a radio show for a local station in a UK city. We aren't supposed to touch the songs on the system or replace them, however we can remove tracks if need be for timing reasons. Every time I see a Coldplay track on the roster, it's removed. Every single time.

Ernie's El Dorado Part 8 - Costa Rica This time out we are in Costa Rica, a country I have very fond memories of having been lucky enough to spend a month there back in the mid 1...

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Keir Starmer shares post-punk passion and revisits musical past Prime minister praises Scottish post-punk band and shares details about his family life in Radio 3 interview

Keir Starmer shares post-punk passion and revisits musical past www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A bit fed up with political parties asking for votes to defeat Deform. I want to be voting FOR something. I already know how awful a Deform government would be - I don't want to have to settle for the least worst option, I want to be voting for something better.

The Tory party is a basketcase devoid of reasonable people. They haven't really been honest in a considerable time.

Right to buy in reverse: how Brighton is tackling its social housing crisis | Richard Partington The council is rolling back Thatcher’s flagship policy by buying stock from private landlords. Other local authorities should take note

Thatcherite policy has been a disaster, costing taxpayers almost £200bn www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

YouTube video by catman916 The Hollies "King Midas In Reverse"

“He doesn’t really know why he sacked me,” Ms Powell has told friends. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Starmer plan prompts collapse in support for digital IDs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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