How long can Ofcom allow Nigel Farage to keep his own show? Alan and Lionel discuss the crisis at the top of the BBC, and whether current impartiality rules are fit for purpose ...

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Born in Cyprus, Panayiotou, now 25, began making YouTube videos and quickly became a small-town celebrity. “I love the power of taking your phone, filming a video and having hundreds of thousands of ...

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The Prospect approach to painting Through our ‘One Painting at a Time’ series, rather than focusing on an entire show or body of work, we take just one work and analyse it in detail.

Make Paddington Peruvian again The new film takes its bear-hero home. But what meaning will ‘home’ have for him—and for us?

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The BBC struggles to get anything right about Gaza. Last week, it decided not to broadcast a searing documentary about Palestinian doctors under attack, citing vague concerns about “a perception of ...

This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Faiz Siddiqui, technology reporter at the Washington Post and author of Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk. He has closely followed Musk’s rapid rise ...