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Will Young: ‘It Got Much Worse After Pop Idol. I’m Surprised There Hasn’t Been an Exposé on The X Factor’
The first Pop Idol winner – and Byline Times supporter – speaks to Josiah Mortimer about the pressures of fame and the ...
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The Centrists Cannot Hold: Client Journalism and Our ‘Concierge Media’ Are Threatening Liberal Democracy When It Is Most Under Attack
James Harding, the new Editor-in-chief – and formerly Editor of The Times and Director of BBC News – has a reputation as a ...
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The Upside Down: Mummers The Word
My bible was a gazetteer called British Popular Customs Present and Past compiled in the 1870s by the Rev. T.F. Thiselton ...
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‘Fiscal Nimbyism Makes It Far Harder to Fix Public Services’
Fed by an irresponsible media, neither voters nor political leaders are willing to accept the trade-offs inherent in fiscal ...
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Stuck in a ‘Right Wing Doom Loop’ That Will Only Help Nigel Farage
The Prime Minister's acceptance of right-wing economic orthodoxy is pushing his party and the country towards disaster, ...
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media ...
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Left-Wing Media Mogul? Environmental Campaigner Dale Vince ‘Interested’ in Funding Breakaway Observer Title
The owner of energy firm Ecotricity tells Byline Times he is open to funding a new media project staffed by Observer ...
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
“The Government is right to identify the challenges to investigating and prosecuting bribery and corruption taking place here ...
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Tortoise and the Heir: The ‘Slow News’ Media Firm Behind the Observer Sale and the Curious Company It Keeps
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, Carole Cadwalladr takes a closer look at ...
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Ukrainian Refugees ‘Unfairly’ Blocked From Route to Seeking Permanent Life in the UK
The UK Government is denying those fleeing Ukraine the same rights to permanent residency afforded to those fleeing other ...
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The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class and the Darkness Ahead
Who will – truly – hold the line with the prospect of a more extreme politics coming to Britain via the ballot box?
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The Reform UK MPs Already Being Bankrolled by Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the pro-Trump billionaire owner of X, is reportedly considering donating up to $100 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to help them fight and win the next election. The two men posed for a ...