Joan Bakewell
Articles by Joan Bakewell
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Politics
We lost. But the fight continues
- 12 October 2011
- 21 comments
Labour cannot let the coalition ruin the NHS.
Broadcast
Murdoch could have “media power unheard of in British history”
- 11 July 2011
As the News Corporation takeover of BSkyB hangs in the balance, Joan Bakewell grills Mark Thompson, BBC director general, on executive salaries, political bias and whether the Beeb has lost its nerve.
Culture
Vision sees the body through
- 11 July 2011
Many artists never retire, and some produce their best work in their later years. Joan Bakewell introduces reflections from four older artists on what keeps them going
UK Politics
My noble friends
- 13 February 2011
- 4 comments
On entering the Lords, and joining the debate on arts funding.
Books
Great dames
- 26 September 2005
Chin Up, Girls! A book of women's obituaries from the Daily Telegraph Edited by Georgia Powell and Katharine Ramsay John Murray, 362pp, £16.99 ISBN 0719563003
Books
Miss Perfect
- 08 August 2005
Take a Girl Like Me Diana Melly Chatto & Windus, 280pp, £14.99 ISBN 0701179066
Diary - Joan Bakewell
- 22 November 2004
In Cape Town, some accuse the Mbeki government of genocide because of its position on Aids. Is the world listening? Or have we all gone down with genocide fatigue?
Diary - Joan Bakewell
- 23 August 2004
I'm staying at the same hotel in Edinburgh as Lynne Truss and Barbara Trapido. At 2am a fire alarm brings a drift of authors downstairs in red satin pyjamas, kaftans, neat T-shirts











