Topic: Simon Hoggart

Are you stuck for a cutting put-down, or at a loss for a witty riposte.There are always people in life who have a quick remark or put down. Winston Churchill on Ramsay McDonaldHe says he works out because it clears his ...

The world at war

The article reviews the book " Or so this book, by the veteran journalist Dennis Barker, would have us believe. Barker blames the commercialisation of newspapers and the temptation for journalists to become celebrities in their own right. Parliamentary Sketches (1997-2007) Simon Hoggart ...

Press complaints

The article reviews the book " Or so this book, by the veteran journalist Dennis Barker, would have us believe. Barker presents us with 56 short chapters that explain why journalists are so distrusted. Barker blames the commercialisation of newspapers and the temptation ...

Cutthroat captain

The article reviews the book " Or so this book, by the veteran journalist Dennis Barker, would have us believe. Barker blames the commercialisation of newspapers and the temptation for journalists to become celebrities in their own right. Parliamentary Sketches (1997-2007) Simon Hoggart ...
Anyone interested in how politics affects the wider world, and vice versa, should read in Hansard not Commons exchanges on, say, the economy or foreign affairs, but on 'Culture, Media and Sport'. There is now an entire Whitehall department named after the ...

Honest John

I thought John Prescott was bound to shout at me, if not throw punches. There are also pictures of Ernest Bevin and Clem Attlee, a statuette of Nye Bevan, another of a miner - I think if you saw the room on Through ...