Some people seem to have taken it upon themselves to protest the TV licence fee by non-payment. This blog post rightly lays into them. Their protest does seem rather over-the-top given that the BBC is one of the world's most respected media organisations and produces higher quality content than commercial television. People like Charles Moore can well afford to pay the licence fee and so should. W...

Also viewable in higher quality at the BBC.

Norfolk Blogger writes here about the evil ‘right wing’ plan to neuter the BBC and hand over the airspace to that nasty Australian chap and his tacky TV network. As with many of these apocalyptic rants, it falls at the first hurdle. ‘Never mind the quality, forget that the BBC lays down a standard by which

The BBC’s Jon Sopel has produced another round-up of the best of the Sunday TV political shows (BBC and non-BBC). It includes Liam Fox on Brown’s eyesight, Alan Johnson on the role of government, Chris Grayling on leadership over expenses, Alistair Darling on Conservative plans and Lord Tebbit in conversation with Frank Gardner about terrorism. You

There's nothing wrong with being ambitious. Unfortunately though, it doesn't come for free. Many would rather have a slightly smaller BBC and a slightly reduced scope but an improvement in quality and service. Many others would rather the TV licence didn't go up faster than inflation.

The BBC reports: BBC audiences in Iran, the Middle East and Europe may be experiencing disruption to their BBC TV or radio services today. That is because there is heavy electronic jamming of one of the satellites the BBC uses in the Middle East to broadcast the BBC Persian TV signal to Iran. Satellite technicians have traced

Ivan Lewis MP, Labour's Shadow Culture Secretary, responding to the publication of the BBC Delivering Quality First proposals, said:

... why do we have 24 hours TV ? Surely the BBC could save the planet by shutting down for 8 hrs a day ? Perhaps the Guardian could stop murdering trees and contributing to climate change by turning them into drivel. Think of all the plasma screens, LCD TV's, household lights ( as people go to bed ) and higher birth rate (especially amongst the extinction threatened middle class) that could b...

Get your hands on a copy of the Higher Education White Paper and take a look at what the university sector might look like in the future. The government is promising a shiny-bright student-focused experience for all as you make your well-informed choice from a multitude of quality providers jockeying to meet your every higher

Stephen WilliamsLiberal Democrats back plans to scrap university tuition fees The proposals, which aim to make high quality education and training available to all, include: · Scrapping tuition fees for first Higher Education degree qualifications · Fully funding the off-the-job training costs of apprenticeships · Improving access to Higher Education for under-repr...