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Little England’s biggest boy

John Lloyd — 18th November 2009 — Issue 165

Jeremy Clarkson is more than a belligerent television presenter—he voices the grievances of millions. And a coming Tory government won’t diminish his support

Subject: Popular culture

Digital license

John Lloyd — 4th July 2009 — Issue 160 Free entry

The BBC is the world’s largest broadcaster, with a long list of sins. But now that its licence fee is being raided and its output attacked, we must defend this powerful, plural national institution

Israel’s warring tribes

John Lloyd — 28th February 2009 — Issue 155 Free entry

The greatest threat Israel faces is from within

Mucking out the media

John Lloyd — 27th April 2008 — Issue 145

Nick Davies’s critique of journalism hits many of the right targets, but it is marred by a radical’s complacency and the promiscuousness of its charges. This is not quite the book on the British media that we need

Subject: Books & literature, People & populations

Dropping the pilot

John Lloyd — 29th February 2008 — Issue 143

The broadcast media no longer see it as their duty to provide society with moral guidance. But as this book shows, many people miss the presence of a “pilot.” Perhaps Mary Whitehouse had a point after all

Subject: Books & literature

An intellectual in power

John Lloyd — 28th July 2007 — Issue 136 Free entry

Intensive study has made Gordon Brown into one of the best-read politicians of recent times. But what is his intellectual formation and style? And how will they inform his premiership?

Subject: British politics

Fry’s challenge

John Lloyd — 16th December 2006 — Issue 129 Free entry

Michael Fry’s conversion to Scottish independence is the greatest challenge to unionism I have seen in a long time

Subject: British politics, Law & government, People & populations

Self-hatred at the BBC

John Lloyd — 19th November 2006 — Issue 128

The broadcaster is feeling guilty about its liberal guilt. Can it fix it?

Subject: British society, Media

Lies, spin and deceit

John Lloyd — 21st October 2006 — Issue 127

Tony Blair is charged with lying and deceiving the public with “spin.” But spin is just the reaction of politics to a more aggressive media. And on Iraq, it is Blair’s judgement, not his integrity, that is at stake

Subject: British politics