America
Thoughts on the Trump Presidency
As Donald Trump leaves office, I like many others I will be deflated. But most of all I will feel cheated, duped. Remember how he posed in the early days, a red-hatted sheriff who was [more…]
David Sedgwick
Arts
Book Review: The Fake News Factory by David Sedgwick
I read David Sedgwick’s first book about the BBC, ‘BBC: Brainwashing Britain?’ (the Kindle version) when it came out in December 2018 and was immediately nodding and mouthing ‘yes, yes, yes’ at virtually every page. [more…]
Arts
Amazon’s Dirty Tricks: When the BBC Calls
Readers of this website might have heard about my recently published critique of the BBC, ‘The Fake News Factory: Tales from BBC-land’ a fruity and occasionally witty expose of the UK’s thoroughly dishonest state propaganda [more…]
Arts
Sinking the enemy BBC style
When I heard through a third-party that the BBC was planning, and I quote, ‘to sink’ my new book about them I wasn’t that surprised. After all, the theme of ‘The Fake News Factory: Tales [more…]
Biography
Anna Soubry
I first came across Anna Soubry MP on an edition of BBC Question Time four or five years ago. Until this auspicious moment I confess I had never heard of the Conservative Member of Parliament [more…]
Arts
‘Injuries to the neck’ and other euphemisms: Is the BBC Brainwashing Britain?
When I announced to friends my intention to write a book entitled ‘BBC: Brainwashing Britain?’ questions came thick and fast: “Brainwashing Britain? The BBC? Why ever would they want to do such a thing? Aren’t [more…]