Ever since the people of Britain voted broadly in favour of some form of Brexit, agitated parties on both sides of the debate have weaponised everything which falls under the swiftly setting sun, from currency and stock market rates and business arrangements, to the size and availability of our favourite supermarket foods. In short, every shift has become a consequence of…
Like all broadcasters these days, the BBC is fond of showing its journalistic credentials by engaging reporters in the incessant hectoring of interviewees, who are barely allowed a word in edgeways as they are bombarded with ill-informed questions, and demands for sweeping soundbites and simplified notions of honesty and truth. Everyone aside from the most powerful – who broadcasters are…
What do you see in the images below? Each is iconic in its own peculiar sort of way, strange illustrations conjuring the worlds of science fiction, famous stills pulled from reels of old films, capital landmarks or grand historical gestures well rooted in the popular culture, a culture which we all to a greater or lesser degree must share. Yet…
There are few shows these days which seem to inspire a nation, and none in the United Kingdom nearly as successful as The Great British Bake Off. In 2015, the top five most-watched television broadcasts of the year were all Bake Off episodes, with the season six series finale winning a whopping 15.16 million viewers as Nadiya Hussain’s iced buns brought…
As the action on Centre Court yesterday at Wimbledon spilled over into the hours of late evening, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked the tennis ball vigorously back and forth in a topsy-turvy bout which never seemed settled until late in the fifth set. Murray eventually prevailed, but only after saving break points at the start of the fifth which…
