Peter Wilby
Peter Wilby was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996 and of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005. He writes a weekly column for the NS.
Articles by Peter Wilby
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Media
Writers get caught out by a real story
- 28 August 2006
Given the failings of sports journalism, I wonder if we shall ever know the full details of the Oval débâcle
Media
A show of damp knickers in public
- 21 August 2006
As suspects in the alleged airline terror plot are detained, the holidaying Tony Blair comes under scrutiny - for his wet smalls
Media
The libel law is an ass
- 14 August 2006
Damages don't hurt press barons. For our system to provide proportionate redress, these cases must be taken out of the courts
Media
A matter of context
- 07 August 2006
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that, since it began bombing Lebanon, Israel, which usually gets a good press, has had a bad press
Media
A long, hack summer on Fleet Street
- 31 July 2006
The hot weather brought the anti-global-warming pundits out of the jungle and into the open with fixed bayonets
Society
Learning takes a lifetime
- 24 July 2006
The older we get, the more we realise what we need to know
Media
It was the Beeb wot won it
- 24 July 2006
Faced with what could be the biggest story in British political history, the papers were forced to raise their game
Media
The internet or something . . .
- 17 July 2006
Bloggers didn't drive the Prescott story. They may have stirred it up a bit, but newspaper journalists broke it
Media
Look out, there's no reporter about
- 10 July 2006
The papers demand "more police on the street". What about getting a few more journalists out there as well?
Media
Wags beget Wams beget Warbles
- 03 July 2006
The trouble with football is that the game lasts only 90 minutes and most of the time not much happens. For papers the challenge is to fill all those pages









