Des Freedman (Goldsmiths, University of London) The government’s green paper on the future of the BBC was widely [...]
Read moreStrictly BBC?
Máire Messenger Davies (Ulster University) In a piece for The Conversation, ‘Inside the bizarre logic of the BBC [...]
Read moreStaring into the Abyss: Where will Children’s TV be in 10 years’ time with this Green Paper?
Jeanette Steemers (University of Westminster) After the BBC’s shock funding deal with the DCMS and the Treasury just [...]
Read moreImagine… a future for the BBC in Scotland
Neil Blain (University of Stirling) The Green Paper has arrived at a time when it’s harder than ever [...]
Read moreCorporate sabotage and the future of the BBC
Tom Mills (University of Bath) The figure of Rupert Murdoch looms large in defences of the BBC, and [...]
Read moreBeeb-Bashing by the Right: Is it Justified?
Ivor Gaber (University of Sussex) My entry for the prize for the most unsurprising allegation of the year [...]
Read morePride and Present: Solidarities and Selective Histories in Progressive Social Movements
Casey Brienza (City University London) During the British coal miner’s strike in 1984-85, a London-based group of gay [...]
Read moreA contested public space – the case of the public library
Katherine Robinson (Goldsmiths, University of London) Since 2010, 337 public libraries have closed, and others have been turned [...]
Read moreBeyond Male Role Models? Gender identity in young men
Michael R.M. Ward, Brigid Featherstone, Martin Robb and Sandy Ruxton (The Open University) There is increasing anxiety in [...]
Read moreBottom of the data pyramid: Big data and the global South
Payal Arora (Erasmus University) Big data is a misnomer. While the field is relatively young, much thought has [...]
Read more