Brian Cathcart
Articles by Brian Cathcart
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Media
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
Media
Reading the political codes
- 28 August 2008
How is it possible to find meaning in something a politician doesn't say? For the political correspondent, it is all in a day's work
UK Politics
The book of Dave
- 21 August 2008
- 2 comments
In conversation with the editor of GQ, the would-be prime minister reveals . . . that he "doesn't really like Pot Noodles"
Theatre
A question of character
- 14 August 2008
The deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut army barracks have inspired a compelling play in this year's Fringe. Brian Cathcart, who investigated the real-life cases, is intrigued to see himself brought to life on stage
Media
To protect the innocent
- 07 August 2008
- 3 comments
Barry George was wrongly convicted in 2001 after the press, with the implicit blessing of the government, had destroyed what little reputation he may have had
Media
Getting giddy over Obama
- 24 July 2008
- 1 comment
He is the Fab One, the new Diana, a cross between Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton, and when he comes to town we want to see his specialness for ourselves
Media
Filming Max Mosley
- 10 July 2008
When it comes to matters of privacy, the very last opinions we should listen to are those of papers like the News of the World
Media
Go on, wind us up
- 03 July 2008
- 1 comment
People often claim they want cooler and more factual newspapers, but that is nonsense. What they really like is a news story that winds them up
Media
A discreet wedding...
- 19 June 2008
The so-called first Anglican gay marriage was very far from a secret affair, so how come the news media failed to notice it?
Media
The big story in Helmand?
- 05 June 2008
- 8 comments
Are the Taliban really in trouble, as a British commander now asserts? Don't look to journalism for an answer because, for all our gizmos, we have no way of telling
