Neo-Nazi safari
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The first and last New Journalist
Gay Talese published a candid account of his infidelities in 1980. His marriage survived; his career almost didn’t.
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Steve Rosenberg: the last man in Moscow
The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.
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The BBC’s fumble leaves the stories of Gaza’s children untold
Also this week: Britain united over copyright law, and Trump’s war on the US press rages on.
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Prince Harry settles with Murdoch – but who blinked first?
Also this week: Fox News wins the White House and TikTok’s fluffy image in the UK.
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Social media was never ethical
As Donald Trump returns to office, Meta will allow more “insulting language” and remove fact-checking. Is anyone really surprised?
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Journalism films give me the ick
Victims are sidelined, while hacks make unworthy heroes.
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The gospel according to Dolly Parton
Also this week: Good King Wenceslas’s winter fuel allowance and grumpy monks.
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John Simpson: “No matter the danger, I wanted to strut my stuff”
At 80, the broadcaster reflects on his favourite dictators, being tortured, why Trump is “so distasteful”, and the damage Tony…
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Jerusalem: city of blood and blame
The violent summer of 1929 reveals the deep and tangled roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Looking back on a year of great drama for the media
There have been high-profile sales, far-right hate and a smattering of BBC scandals.
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How to spot an excellent editor
As with a good coach in sports, a measure of benign ambiguity will always be in the mix.
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My farewell to the New Statesman after 16 years
A key challenge for any NS editor: what to do about the Labour Party?
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Will staff go on strike to block the Observer sale?
Bosses may be weighing plans to jettison the Sunday paper against potential disruption to the global Guardian brand.
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Colin Ward’s school without walls
The New Statesman columnist and anarchist was a proponent of radical social change that put the most vulnerable first.
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Claud Cockburn, the original guerrilla journalist
His reporting was fuelled by a cool contempt for authority.
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Sarah Koenig: “I’ve never been a missionary for true-crime podcasts”
The Serial creator on ten years of the podcast that changed the medium forever.
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The media is damaging public life by “sanewashing” Donald Trump
Should we avoid reporting reality simply because it isn’t new? Plus: unease at the Observer and the tragic death of…
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Life after retirement at the BBC
Also this week: savage cuts at Radio 4, and woman as temptress.
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The new media barons
Legacy titles are being snapped up by private capital, in Britain and the US.
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