Question Time

An open letter to the friend who dropped me after Question Time

7 March 2020 9:00 am

I’ve put off sending a private email that’s been ready to go for weeks. Then last Sunday, I read Julie…

Andrew Doyle: I may have to kill off Titania McGrath

24 January 2020 10:00 pm

I start the week by going through my iPhone to delete the numbers of former friends. It sounds depressing, but…

In defence of Fiona Bruce

26 January 2019 9:00 am

Will I be allowed to take my dog to Europe after 29 March? A trivial question, you might think, in…

On migration, my adversary Simon Schama doesn’t even have an argument

24 October 2015 9:00 am

Sooner or later, in this trade, one runs out of television historians to antagonise. I am doggedly working my way…

My big embarrassing Greek royal wedding

4 July 2015 9:00 am

Tempus sure fugit, and how. Twenty years ago, on Saturday 1 July 1995, monarchs from around the world descended on…

My plan for Question Time: mug up and fail anyway

7 March 2015 9:00 am

I was invited on Question Time this week, which gave me a few sleepless nights. Natalie Bennett’s disastrous interview on…

TV review: Get out of my way, Tessa Jowell. Women are not all touchy-feely

6 July 2013 9:00 am

Luther is back, in Luther, and so is Donny Osmond, of Donny & Marie fame. Could there be two more…