After years of terrifying guests, the grand inquisitor was bested twice last week. Brian Brady asks if there's a knack all can learn
Evan Davis: Quiet man of the airwaves bites back
Monday 02 April 2012
Some of his BBC colleagues are a little too aggressive, Evan Davis tells Ben Riley-Smith
Manchester wins University Challenge for third time
Tuesday 20 March 2012
The University of Manchester became champions of University Challenge for the third time in just seven years.
Alice Jones: Why can't the BBC treat women as normal people
Saturday 11 February 2012
BBC pundit Alan Hansen 'set for pay cut'
Wednesday 01 February 2012
Match Of The Day pundit Alan Hansen is talking with the BBC about a new deal which will see him stay on the show but take a large pay cut.
Sarah Sands: Sorry, Joan, the lack of an accent is not a bar to a BBC job
Sunday 22 January 2012
The thinking man's neglected crumpet Joan Bakewell believes that her ruling-class voice makes her unemployable by the BBC. Look how cockneys dominate the ratings: Benedict Cumberbatch, for instance, or the pearly king himself, David Attenborough.
Paul Staines: The worm of Westminster
Saturday 03 December 2011
In his guise as political blogger Guido Fawkes, he has spread fear through the ranks of MPs and beyond. And now he's fallen foul of Leveson
Terence Blacker: Come off it Paxo, you can't blame the baby-boomers
Tuesday 01 November 2011
Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life, By Susie Harries
Sunday 28 August 2011
Last Night's TV: Who Do You Think You Are?/BBC1<br />Village SOS/BBC1
Thursday 11 August 2011
Stop me when you've guessed what I'm describing. "The hooked nose, the thick lips, the swarthy complexion, the curly black hair, and piercing dark eyes..." Got it yet? I'll go on. "Every traditional feature of the Jewish face was there in most marked and pronounced character."
Laurie Penny: Calling Breivik mad lets the far-right off the hook
Friday 29 July 2011
Prescott offers little cheer about Hooray, but Simcock dreams on
Wednesday 30 March 2011
With the first Classic races of the year just over a month away, honesty was the policy on the Newmarket gallops yesterday as two of the town's trainers issued warnings over the participation of high-profile Qipco Guineas candidates. For David Simcock, dry underfoot conditions are a concern for the colt Dream Ahead; for Sir Mark Prescott, the very well-being of the filly Hooray is proving vexatious.
MP Devine denies expenses conversation
Friday 04 February 2011
Two MPs did not advise a former colleague accused of fiddling his expenses to take cash from an allowance to pay his staff, a court heard today.
Business Diary: Little Chef banks on a high
Friday 08 October 2010
A memo to Little Chef. While giving the chef on your logo a name and then producing a range of branded goods, from mugs to t-shirts, must have seemed like a brilliant idea in the marketing department's brainstorming session, a little bit more thought might have been wise. There is just a small risk that the "I love Charlie" slogan may be misunderstood by those who have a passing familiarity with drugs slang.








