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The BBC, public enemy no.1?

23rd November 2023

How do young brits feel about the 101 year old British Broadcasting Corporation Almost every school morning for ten years, my dad would put on the Today Programme on Radio 4 whilst driving us into town. I remember the voice of James Naughtie narrating our journey on that over-familiar route through Edinburgh whilst the car ...


The Huw Edwards revelations unveiled the inadequacies of modern UK media

12th October 2023

In the midst of new revelations about prominent figures in the media, the Sun’s shocking disclosure is still muddying the waters of the spreading of media information If you were anywhere in the UK in July of this year, chances are that you’re aware of the much-publicised Huw Edwards scandal. The initial story in The ...


The BBC isn’t impartial

22nd March 2023

Presenter Gary Lineker was allegedly instructed to apologise for his “partial” comments about Suella Braverman’s immigration policy, but has the BBC ever truly been impartial?  “There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother…”wrote George Orwell in 1949, about a fictional reality, under ...


Why GULGBTQ+ are protesting the BBC

22nd November 2021

Members of the GULGBTQ+ society discuss how the BBC’s actions towards the trans community promote the growing transphobia that is prevalent throughout the UK. Transphobia is ubiquitous and it is intensifying. It pervades our parliament, our National Health Service and increasingly our media, too. Our public service broadcaster, the BBC, is furthering an orchestrated moral ...


Review: Industry

11th January 2021

Ed Fernandez takes a look at the new BBC drama series. Industry is a programme that somehow manages to keep you entirely distressed while you watch it, and yet you crave every sweet second. If someone five weeks ago had told me a programme about graduates at a finance company could be such a potent ...