E M Forster

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The freedom of the BBC

  • 26 July 2007

Taken from The New Statesman 4 April 1931 The independent, autonomous but state-financed British Broadcasting Corporation has often come under attack for left-wing bias ever since it was established in 1927. Too often, the BBC has succumbed to such pressure, as when its coverage of the Soviet Union in the interwar years aroused criticism from the political right and commercial interests. The suggestion was that it was being run by a liberal, fellow-travelling elite. Selected by Robert Taylor

A Magistrate's Figures

  • 04 December 2006

EM Forster urged better treatment of homosexuals in this 31 October 1953 article selected by Brian Cathcart from our archive

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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