Since 2022, the year that Andrew Tate first went viral online, a spectre has haunted headlines, school playgrounds and children’s smartphones: the rise in anti-feminism among boys. This often-violent ...
From print runs to piss-ups, a listener wants to know what a Fleet Street job really entails. Alan and Lionel tell all... From today's hottest new columnists to the perils of fine wine, Alan ...
This month, our columnists are busy with new difficult tasks. Sarah Collins, our Mindful life columnist, boards the emotional rollercoaster that comes with preparing to live abroad, while Anglican ...
Gavin Collins was an off-duty police officer enjoying a night out in central London when he was attacked by a pair of thugs. They repeatedly punched and kicked him, even after he’d been floored. Gavin ...
The year is 2023 and I’m in the middle of a depressive episode that almost finished me off. My cat, Stanley—an affectionate orange tomcat we adopted when I was 12 years old has recently passed away.
“Working from home may be okay for the older generation, but for the Bridget Joneses of today it’s a sham and a snare—and they’ll never meet their Mr Darcy.” This was yet another misguided take from ...
It took a dangerous category 3 hurricane in Florida to force climate change onto some, but not all, newspaper front pages. Normally this is a subject for gentle condescension. A mega storm lashing ...
The government’s so-called shit-list—a term coined, allegedly, by Keir Starmer’s now former chief of staff Sue Gray—has occupied significant bandwidth in Whitehall over the past 100 or so days. The ...
Alan and Lionel are joined by Esther Solomon, editor of the English language edition of Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper known for critically reporting on human rights and Israel's policies towards ...
Keir Starmer’s first 100 days haven’t been great, but it’s the second 100 days that matter more, particularly the budget at the end of this month. The real problem with the last three months isn’t ...
Baroness Warsi, former Conservative cabinet minister and lawyer, joins Ellen and Alona to talk about her new book Muslims Don’t Matter, about “the silencing, stereotyping and stigmatising of Muslims ...
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber dig into the Media Confidential mailbox to answer listeners' questions about the media. This week, they discuss political bias in UK newspapers, as well as the ...