Alastair Hetherington: decision made against advice of lawyers and his senior team It is still taboo in most newspapers, yet common in a playground. And if you want to say it on the BBC you have to get top…
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God save the… BBC another British institution under threat. The Queen interrupts the news, is her Government is planning to interrupt the BBC We have America to thanks for the BBC. When broadcasting was in its infancy, the…
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The Ulster Orchestra: access to the arts is a right not a privilege If the Ulster Orchestra is forced to close, the shockwave will be felt around the world. It is one of Northern Ireland’s most successful artistic…
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The Reverend Richard Coles: more tea vicar? I think we need to revise the notion that there are, at most, six degrees of separation. The theory is that we are no more than half a dozen steps from anyone…
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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opened its new season in Glasgow last night. It was a blistering occasion – a heady mixture of Russian music, Mussorgsky’s Night on the Bare Mountain, Scriabin’s Piano Concerto and Shostakovich’s tenth symphony. The…
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