20th Century
Disaster at Munich
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) A good reporter must be impersonal. He must write the story as he finds it, without [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th March 2022 The Panel: Suella Braverman (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Max Hastings (Historian) Rev Richard Coles (Broadcaster) Lesia Vasylenko (Ukrainian MP) Venue: Kettering Max Hugh McDonald Hastings was educated privately at Charterhouse [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th March 2022 The Panel: Nadhim Zadawi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Lawrence Freedman (King’s College London) Vadym Prystaiko (Ukrainian Ambassador) Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Former Danish PM) Venue: London Despised throughout the world. Mistrusted. An [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 3rd March 2022 The Panel: Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Konstantin Kisin (Commentator) Bridget Kendall (Journalist) Kirsten Oswald (SNP) Gary Neville (Pundit) Venue: Norwich What can be done about Ukraine, short of [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 24th February 2022 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) James Cleverley (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Katherine Birbalsingh (Educator) Radek Sikorski (Polish MEP) Timothy Gorton-Ash (Historian) Anne McElvoy (The Economist) Venue: Harrow Puffins with instant [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th February 2022 The Panel: Jake Berry (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour Mayor of Manchester) Juergen Maier (Industrialist) Inaya Folarin-Iman (Journalist) Frances O’Grady (TUC) Venue: Leeds In a direct, Yorkshire sort of way, the [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 10th February 2022 The Panel: George Eustice (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Labour) Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) Sebastian Payne (Financial Times) Laura McAllister (Cardiff University) Venue: Newport Dicks out, announced Fiona Bruce (Chair). Delyth Jewell [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 3rd February 2022 The Panel: Crispin Blunt (Conservative) Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) Robin Shattock (Imperial College) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Tottenham In last week’s review, eagle-eyed readers spotted I’d confused [more…]
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Smoke and Mirrors: Nadine Dorries’ announcement on the BBC TV licence by Stockton Heath
Recently Nadine Dorries announced the end of the BBC as we know it. At least that’s what the culture secretary appeared to imply when declaring that the next licence fee announcement will be the ‘last’ [more…]