Brian Cathcart

Brian Cathcart

Articles by Brian Cathcart

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Odd man out

  • 29 January 2009

The Strangest Man: the Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo Faber & Faber, 495pp, £22.50

The wars of too many words

  • 11 December 2008
  • 1 comment

Since the Independent offered its readers more on Saturday, bulk has been the weapon of choice in the circulation war

Against the liberalocracy

  • 13 November 2008
  • 2 comments

The editor of the Daily Mail sees himself as a victim, desperately leading the defence of the values of the mass of decent people

The Real McCann Scandal

  • 23 October 2008
  • 32 comments

Brian Cathcart details how the British press set out to systematically destroy the parents of Madeleine McCann.

News hit by whiteout

  • 09 October 2008
  • 1 comment

The press is still in panicky denial over diversity and racism, as the coverage of Sir Ian Blair's departure shows

The market delivers bad news

  • 02 October 2008
  • 3 comments

If Grade's shareholders had their way, ITV would probably broadcast no regional news programmes at all

Journalists: they can't live without us

  • 25 September 2008

Amid all the changes delivered by communications technology, no one has yet found another way of generating news content. It's just a pity they show so little interest in making that content better

Getting things right is not a luxury

  • 18 September 2008
  • 1 comment

In sacking most of its sub-editors, Express Newspapers is making a classic error. The job these people do is not an optional extra or an anachronism; it is integral

Get out the suntan lotion

  • 11 September 2008

Rain and floods mean a crisis for editors, a crisis of waffle. People are upset, but what can you say? Who can you blame? What does it mean?

The Asian policeman who got uppity

  • 04 September 2008
  • 9 comments

Tarique Ghaffur is claiming that he was discriminated against in the police service, and some in the right-wing press are not taking it well

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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