Our diarist says the Prime Minister's pop culture references don't always stack up

But there are bigger things at stake than the £450,000 he took home

Don't sacrifice decades of journalistic quality because of two very different mistakes

The Deloitte review found the BBC pays £150,000 or more a year to 124 stars using public service companies.

Corporation to register 131 on-air presenters as staff in change to pay policy after review

Further allegations of sexual assault were made against Jimmy Savile last night, as yet more women came forward to say that they had been attacked by the former television star.

My friend Mary Killen, who writes the "Dear Mary" etiquette column for The Spectator, received a real chin-stroker in the post this week. "Now that Conrad Black is out of prison," writes her correspondent, "is it acceptable for me to invite him to lunch at my club?"

It used to be simple. Men wore ties in almost every professional and formal setting

Our diarist notes the curious perspective of a senior Whitehall mandarin, has an update on the outspoken Nadine Dorries, and offers a reminder of Conrad Black's taste

The BBC currently allows some workers to be paid as if they were companies rather than individual staff

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The BBC paid more than £16 million to top talent in 2011/12, according to its accounts.

After years of terrifying guests, the grand inquisitor was bested twice last week. Brian Brady asks if there's a knack all can learn