news

Mr Bates this isn’t: The Hack reviewed

27 September 2025 9:00 am

As we know, when terrestrial television has a big new hit these days, its response – once it’s got over…

The magic of early radio days

15 February 2025 9:00 am

Beaty Rubens takes us inside the British home 100 years ago as the glamorous new device becomes central to family life

Is the news making us unwell?

3 March 2021 7:00 pm

Since the start of the pandemic I’ve been observing friends and family and their reactions to the virus. Broadly speaking…

Are we ready for virtual-reality news?

5 March 2016 9:00 am

John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…

Caption: Who is Mary Magdalene exactly?

The GP charged around to my side of the table and roved her hand all over my pubic area

28 November 2015 9:00 am

On Friday morning I was peeing razor blades so I rang up the doctor and was given an appointment after…

Words on war

15 August 2015 9:00 am

It’s really hard to imagine now a world before 24-hour news, continually and constantly accessible in a never-ending stream of…

Plutarch on the iPhone

26 July 2014 9:00 am

Adults, we are told, as much as children, become gibbering wrecks if deprived of their mobiles or iPhones for more…