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Wanted: a woman newsreader aged over 50 to save BBC from �ageism� claims

24.09.09

BBC attempts to defuse the growing ageism row by announcing it wants to recruit a female news presenter over the age of 50... more

Friend of George Clooney and Matt Damon who held Gordon Brown to account over Libya

08.09.09

It was lawyer Jason McCue who succeeded in putting Libyan compensation to IRA victims back on the political agenda. Now he says he has BP in his sights... more

US politician puts blame on Churchill for Second World War

04.09.09

The row over responsibility for the Second World War broke out again last night at the Evening Standard and Intelligence Squared's joint debate on Winston Churchill... more

We can now all be proud of Terminal 5

25.08.09

Last weekend my son left London to go to university in America. Seeing him off was a bittersweet experience. The bitter part is obvious; the sweet part less so... more

Why Radio 4 soars as TV hits rock bottom

07.08.09

Figures from Radio Joint Audience Research reveal that Radio 3 has broken the two million listener mark and that Radio 4 is reaching more than 10 million people a week ... more

Dame Joan's crusade for bus passes

06.08.09

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We clapped the captain on his way in. 'Cut that out,' barked Pinter, 'it's meaningless'

27.05.09

Fellow playwright Ronald Harwood recalls a friendship forged through a shared love of sport... more

MICHAEL WINNER: Sorry, but I don't want old dears reading the news

08.09.08

There's nothing sadder than a bunch of unemployable has-beens rising up like the witches in Macbeth and moaning 'TV is unfair to us because we're old'.... more

Joan Bakewell launches attack on 'hideously young' TV industry

03.09.08

Dame Joan Bakewell has attacked ageism in television, saying that the industry is dominated by the 'hideously young'.... more

Joan Bakewell, Paul O'Grady, Victoria Wood and Des O'Connor on honours list

13.06.08

Comedienne Victoria Wood, TV presenter Paul O'Grady, Eastenders actress June Brown, broadcaster Joan Bakewell, screenwriter Lynda LaPlante and entertainer Des O'Connor are all receiving birthday honours from the Queen... more

New 'quiet stage' set to revive Kenwood concerts

06.08.07

Open-air concerts at Kenwood House, cancelled this year after complaints over noise, could return.... more

Camilla in the frame for Royal Family portrait

25.04.07

The first group portrait of the Royal Family to feature the Duchess of Cornwall is to go on display.... more

Pinter is back with a vengeance

23.02.07

The explosion of interest in Harold Pinter plays has reached a new level with the Donmar Warehouse announcing a revival of adultery drama Betrayal.... more

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