In today's Guardian (4th February 2009), Jonathan Freedland writes about why the liberal left "must not remain silent" in the face of growing attacks on British Jews.  The article is in large part...

Sunday evening was a great moment to see two great old enthusiasts doing what they do best --  and for taking in the death of a third. First, there was David Attenborough's passionate tribute to...

  The closing of the summer transfer window provided one of the most exciting TV evenings of the year. Perhaps the most. Everyone thought Robinho was going to Chelsea and Berbatov was going...

On 11 January, AA Gill reviewed the BBC's dramatisation of 'The Diary of Anne Frank'. He ended his review: "With the violins of irony, The Diary of Anne Frank played all week against the background...

With exceptions, the British media have reported two versions of the Israeli invasion of Gaza. The Anglo-American Left, Jewish peace groups and charity workers have tended to write of an attack by...

There were two interesting points to emerge from the debate about the Disasters Emergency Committee broadcast. The first was barely noticed because the Left was so obsessed with the BBC that it...

Back in November 2004, BBC2 launched its new weekly arts programme, The Culture Show, a sort of idiot younger brother to its previous attempt at a regular arts magazine show, The Late Show. It began...

The other day Benedict Nightingale reviewed the RSC's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He began: "It’s time Gregory Doran got more credit for work at the RSC that almost always outshines...

1) Philip Seymour Hoffman nominated for Best Supporting Actor for 'Doubt'? What do you have to do to get nominated for Best Actor these days? Worse still, Hoffman will be up against Heath Ledger, the...

All credit to BBC4, the last of the smart channels. John Mortimer died on Friday and, two days later, on Sunday evening BBC4 had a whole evening dedicated to Rumpole's creator. Of course, four of the...