Sonnets on the subject of “Spring” may be submitted via the comments. I want proper rhyme, none of yer bleeding assonance. Alternatively, you may just have time to follow the CBBC website lesson plan “Fair trade, fairer world poetry” Students write a poem about a fairer future for Africa and enter them into a competition judged by Children’s Laureate Jacqueline Wilson. The competition that this BBC lesson plan promotes is … Continue reading →

, this response by the editor of Panorama to complaints by the Muslim Council of Britain was correctly described by Melanie Phillips as “detailed and utterly robust.” The Panorama programme concerned was A Question of Leadership shown on 21 August. I was away at that time so I didn’t see it. I wish I had. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

, I was looking forward to enjoying And it’s Goodnight from Him – a Tribute to Ronnie Barker when on came the BBC London regional news, with the local weather forecast. Near the end of the forecast, the presenter, Peter Cockroft, came trotting out with: “…and if you’re observing Ramadan, sunrise is at… and sundown is at…” Good grief Peter! What about those of us who’re observing encroaching dhimmitude in … Continue reading →

found in this edition of (D)HYS: “Should Turkey join the EU?” Here’s the original comment: Of course Turkey should be allowed to join if they have met the conditions of membership. Why Turkey want to join is a mystery though, the EU is a non-democratic dinosaur created to satisfy France and Germany’s dreams of power. Chris, UK An edited version of this comment was one of those chosen to appear … Continue reading →

I managed to get through last night’s lamentable BBC2 How Euro Are You? programme, but only just, and what a dreadful waste of time it was, except as fodder for this blog. As usual for the BBC, the term ‘Europe’ was used throughout instead of ‘EU’, nicely conflating two quite separate concepts – one a continent, the other a political organisation. The show was presented by Andrew Marr, a serious … Continue reading →

, hero of British comedy from the BBC’s better days. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

, they’ve introduced a new innovation from the world of focus groups – a so-called Perceptions Panel, whereby viewers dial a freephone number and use their telephone keypads to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction throughout each of the speeches by the various leadership contenders. I can’t help but wonder why this interesting innovation has been held back until now though – wouldn’t it have been just as interesting to use it … Continue reading →

– since early on Saturday afternoon until at least lunchtime on Sunday the lead story under Wales on BBC News Online’s home page has been Luxury homes ‘killing’ community. The story itself is mostly about comparing relative deprivation between different areas, and does not justify such a hyped up headline – no where in the story, for instance, does the word ‘killing’ appear, even though it’s used in the headline … Continue reading →

And they say the BBC isn’t biased. (Stolen from Paul, who probably stole it from somewhere else). Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

In a post of that title simple57uk brings together several BBC reports of events in the New Orleans Superdome. He quotes extensively and compares earlier and later reports. People evacuated to the Superdome had to spend days in squalor made worse by acts of intimidation and an atmosphere of incipient violence. Dreadful rumours telling of multiple murders and rapes must have seemed very plausible to them. However members of the … Continue reading →