A momentous day as the UK formally begins its withdrawal from Europe. The front pages of British newspapers reflect this badly divided country. For the cheerleading pro-Brexit papers it's a new day. But for The Guardian one of the very few papers that …
Last week, I appeared via a London studio link on an Arabic language programme hosted by the greatly admired Egyptian broadcaster Yosri Fouda. Yosri had asked me to take part in a discussion about President Trump's war on the media and his characteris…
What a blast from the past when I read about demonstrations held yesterday outside the media offices of two Canadian broadcasters CP24 and CTV. Anti-Fur protesters carried placards demanding that TV reporters stop covering the news clad in their stylis…
What turns me on in journalism these days I'm often asked? What am I watching or reading? The answer is not reading or watching, although I do plenty of both, but listening to podcasts. It may be that my lifestyle habits have changed as one explan…
This Times exclusive (actually shared with the German tabloid Bild) gives you some insight into the way British journalism, especially print journalism, and politics works over here. The so-called journalist Michael Gove is now a backbench membe…
If you were viewing or listening to CNN's Reliable Sources recently, you would have heard the New York Times National Security reporter James Risen say this: " I think this administration has been the most secretive since the Nixon administration. They…
The Sunday Times writer and reviewer AA Gill died recently, less than a month after telling readers that he was seriously ill with cancer or as he put it having been "diagnosed with the full English of cancers." I acknowledge that I didn't much lik…
This is extraordinary on so many levels. It's also one of the most graphic and disturbing series of photos we've seen in a long time. A remarkable example of New York Times inter-active storytelling and reporting across platforms. Huge credit to Daniel…
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world The blood-dimmed tide is loose, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned The …
I've laid low these past few days and decided not to write or post anything beyond venting in bursts of texts to family and close friends. On several occasions I composed snarky replies or comments to things that some of you have posted. But I wisely …