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I wandered into John Lewis today. And Partners. Just buying some smelly room diffusers lest unexpected smiling visitors descend at Christmas bearing a jaunty carrier bag of equally unexpected gifts. You just need to have something to hand over in extremis, don't you? Elton was playing softly in…

The RAIN summit  Europe - held in London this week - was enjoyable, not least because it gave me an excuse to go inside the British Museum, having turned down the infant school invitation in the seventies to see the Tutankhamun exhibition. The session I was asked to moderate was on on-demand audio …

The question of BBC regulation is always going to be a sticky one. As a respected, independent regulator, Ofcom is probably the best alternative, not least at a time the BBC is under siege on various matters. Indeed, to be able to cite an independent arbiter is likely better than a tin hat for the …

Your taxi driver drives where you tell them to - not just where they fancy having a drive. That’s their job. A broadcast journalist does the job they are paid to do – whatever their personal views. Happening to hold political views, or have a political history, does not disqualify a journalist. I’d…