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Should the Telegraph go tabloid? It’s a tough call

17 January 2004

The serious newspapers — what we used to call the broadsheets — have extracted themselves from the frying pan only to find themselves in the fire. For years they lived… Read more

We have never been closer to state control of the press

10 January 2004

I must confess that I have not watched the development of Ofcom with the care I should have. In the distance I heard the voices of colleagues muttering that the… Read more

Whatever Hutton reports, there is no case for getting rid of Andrew Gilligan

3 January 2004

Within the next few weeks Lord Hutton will publish his inquiry. None of us can know where, if anywhere, his axe will fall. Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, may be… Read more

Whatever happens, the Telegraph must not seem to be edited in Washington

27 December 2003

There seems scarcely to be a person alive who does not hope to acquire ‘ or know someone who hopes to acquire ‘ the Telegraph group in the coming year.… Read more

Is BBC 2 becoming so chippy that it will lose the plot — and therefore its point?

13 December 2003

Jane Root, the controller of BBC 2, has decided to axe the award- winning current affairs programme Correspondent. Thirty years ago there were a number of such programmes on the… Read more

Naked couples walking through cornfields ‘ anything else is evil

6 December 2003

As the days pass, more and more people are assuming that Hollinger International will be forced to sell the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator. Of the home-grown… Read more

The Times has gone tabloid: where will the broadsheet revolution end?

29 November 2003

First the Independent goes tabloid, now the Times follows suit, though both papers are still available in broadsheet form. The Daily Telegraph and the Guardian may not far be behind.… Read more

How incredible, how depressing, that Richard Desmond might buy the Telegraph

22 November 2003

Most people are assuming that Conrad Black will lose control of the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator. He has been forced to resign as chief executive officer… Read more

Strange as it may seem, the MoS believes the allegations about Charles are true

15 November 2003

Earlier this week my dear friend the writer William Shawcross left a message on my answerphone. I am sure he will not mind if I repeat it. ‘Hi, Stephen, it’s… Read more

If Michael Howard can disown the past, so can we all

8 November 2003

The Tory party’s embrace of Michael Howard has caused much wonderment, particularly in the liberal press. One moment shadow minister after shadow minister declares undying support for IDS, whose virtues… Read more

Who was there when IDS needed support? Not the Tory press

1 November 2003

The Tories, we are told, are a party of unstable men who are genetically predisposed to plotting against their leader. I would certainly appreciate a learned piece on this subject… Read more

It is no longer possible to scoff at the idea that Diana was murdered

25 October 2003

If the Daily Mirror reported the Second Coming, would anyone believe it? Probably not. There is a general view in polite society that the newspaper and its editor, Piers Morgan,… Read more

Does the demise of the Dempster column signal the end of the aristocracy?

18 October 2003

Nigel Dempster was the most famous print journalist of modern times, even though he seldom appeared on television. I remember his coming down to Oxford in the early Seventies. A… Read more

An American-owned ITV would be even trashier than the one we have now

11 October 2003

The merger of Carlton and Granada may seem a matter of little importance. Who cares if two ITV companies, neither of which any longer produces very distinguished programmes, should come… Read more

Why all the hatred for Andrew Gilligan? His story was essentially correct

20 September 2003

It strikes me, as I follow the Hutton inquiry, that almost any human activity can be made to appear questionable, even dodgy. I think of my – not untypical –… Read more

The price war is over, and it is time to ask who won

13 September 2003

Last Saturday the Times raised its cover price to 90 pence, which is what the Daily Telegraph sells for on that day. On Monday it went up to 50 pence,… Read more

Alastair Campbell’s redtop values have contaminated our politics

6 September 2003

When I learnt of Dr Kelly’s suicide, my first thought was that he had been fatally drawn into Alastair Campbell’s world. It is what many people felt. It was a… Read more

Why some newspapers will always demonise Andrew Gilligan

16 August 2003

What is the view of the Andrew Gilligan affair at the Frog and Firkin? It is some time since I have been down to the Frog, but I feel I… Read more

New Labour is hated by its natural friends, so why don’t the Tories get a good press?

9 August 2003

To lose one loyal media friend may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Not long ago the government could depend on the instinctive support of… Read more

We may snigger at Richard Desmond, but we should not underestimate him

2 August 2003

Is Richard Desmond the new Murdoch? Many lips were curled when he acquired Express Newspapers in November 2000. People said that he had borrowed too much money. It was suggested… Read more

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