in spiked, December 12, 2014

Farage and Brand: cut from the same cynical cloth

Their big spat on QT actually showed how much they have in common.

In Telegraph blogs, April 17, 2010

Chris Evans, a loudmouth surrounded by sycophants, is so wrong for The One Show

in spiked January 15, 2010

A minor hiccup for freakshow television
A film about a man trying to cope with a distressing condition suggested we’re only really moved by the truly weird.

in spiked October 16, 2009

Giving animals human motivations: that’s Life

Like so many nature series, David Attenborough’s latest show is visually stunning but built on childish storytellinga

in spiked 21/8/2009

Science TV strikes back

After a decade of decline, the semi-silly science programme is making a comeback – will it inspire kids to become geniuses?

in spiked 22/5/2009

Why are so many people blank about verse?

BBC One’s Why Poetry Matters was a noble idea, but it proved to be more patronising than inspiring.

in spiked 28/8/2008

Who does Jerry Springer think he is?

It was a bit much to watch the creator of hundreds of TV victims posing as an ersatz ‘Holocaust victim’ on BBC1

in spiked 7/3/2008

Why shouldn’t suicide be stigmatised?

BBC1’s Surviving Suicide was poignant, but its non-judgementalism was symptomatic of today’s ambivalence about human life

in spiked 25/5/2007

Why EastEnders is in soapy bubble 

As viewing figures plummet and the BBC loses Neighbours, the future looks bleak for soap on the box