Is the BBC biased?

We need to bring back ITBB's fine tradition of 'amplifying' art and music. So here's a painting by Victorian artist John A...

Melvyn in the 'In Our Time' studio just prior to going on air each week As regular readers will probably know I'm a massi...

As it's New Year's Eve, here's a tweet from Tim Montgomerie: Though I wouldn't agree that it's "on its own...

I was driving to work yesterday morning and switched on Today just at the moment where a voice I didn't instantly recognise was in...

May I come in? Here at ITBB we like Melvyn Bragg’s “In our Time”. I know Craig does, and so do I, even though much of it is ov...

This isn't a blog which hates the BBC, merely its bias. Though being out of action for much of the past couple of weeks I've ...

Here's a post that might sound like 'stating the blindingly obvious' (or wrong-headed), but still... (In for a penny, in for...

Zeno's Paradox: Illustrating the Labour leadership contest, and why Owen Smith (left) could never beat Jeremy Corbyn (right) In b...

I've probably been fixating on the BBC for far too long perhaps.  I saw that this morning's  In Our Time  was on the subjec...

Though this blog is mostly about (politely) slagging off the BBC, we do like to praise the BBC from time to time. And In Our Time c...

True story: I had a telephone conversation with my 82-year old dad soon after I got in from work tonight. During it he got onto one...

BBC Radio 4's bias towards the arts and the humanities is deeply engrained. However, there are certain exceptions: the jokey Infini...

As it's Sunday night, there are various loose threads that I've left dangling in my head over the past few days and I don't wa...

I have to say that I agree with chrish  about this week's In Our Time .  I love  In Our Time (and think Melvyn Bragg is an exce...

Wow, for an absolute clash of cultures, it's fascinating to read Melvyn Bragg's Telegraph piece about his friend Francis Bacon an...