Former Sunday Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine Worsthorne – who caused a storm when he uttered the F-word on national television – has died at the age of 96. The journalist, writer and broadcaster spent 36 years with the Telegraph – the majority of which was with the Sunday edition, which he edited for three years … Read more
Former Sunday Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine Worsthorne – who famously caused a storm when he uttered the F-word on national television – has died at the age of 96. The journalist, writer and broadcaster spent 36 years with the Telegraph – the majority of which was with the Sunday edition, which he edited for three … Read more
My partner pointed it out in the papers the other week. A Louis Vuitton ‘Face Shield’, complete with monogrammed strap and gold studs embossed with the company’s logo, that would retail at £750. We had a good laugh — what suckers are going to go for that? — and then I thought, if this were … Read more
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has been approached by Boris Johnson to become Chairman of Ofcom, in the latest example of Downing Street‘s determination to shake up the Left-wing establishment. The attempt to install Mr Dacre at the broadcasting regulator comes as Whitehall mandarins are trying to put the brakes on the Prime Minister’s … Read more
‘BBC pay gap is WORSE than at City firms’: Ex-Today editor Sarah Sands slams seven-figure salaries for stars like Gary Lineker while producers work 14-hour days for £30,000 a year Sarah Sands described disparity in pay between some presenters and producers Former editor of Radio 4’s Today show said some producers received £30,000 She went on … Read more
Former Today programme editor slams ‘entitled’ young BBC staff who ‘expect to have their view of the world on air’ after new director-general said ‘bias has no place’ at the broadcaster Sarah Sands suggested workers at the BBC cannot understand right-wing views The journalist said impartiality is still key for the BBC, but ‘respect is … Read more
Dread and paranoia had settled over Prague like smog. Dissent was brutally crushed by the Communist regime, suspected traitors executed on the flimsiest of pretexts. But when MI6 officer Robert Gardner, having flown in from London, passed through the revolving doors of the famous Alcron hotel on February 20, 1951 – just as Winston Churchill, Charlie … Read more
BBC Newsnight’s editor Katie Razzall shared her embarrassment at being appointed as a white woman to chair a session on ‘racism in TV newsrooms’ at a media festival. The 49-year-old told the online Edinburgh TV Festival this week: ‘My chairing this panel as a white woman is indicative of the challenge we are all facing.’ It comes … Read more
BBC Newsnight editor Katie Razzall cringes at chairing ‘racism in the newsroom’ talk and says her role as a white woman shows ‘the challenges we are all facing’- sparking fresh row over show’s lack of BAME presenters Razzall apologises for being white during session at online Edinburgh TV Festival It comes amid a lack of … Read more
Britain is playing a key role in a controversial £65 billion industry that stands accused of fooling the public into buying poor quality, cheap Chinese-made clothes by advertising them on social-media sites as glamorous boutique products. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found dozens of so-called ‘drop shipping’ firms have been registered in … Read more