As UBS bankers face the renewed threat of job cuts, "Tiegate" rears its head once more. The drama began a few months ago when the firm sent a global diktat to staff about the Swiss bank's dress code... more
Battle has broken out among the men's glossies as Esquire's new editor, Alex Bilmes, formerly GQ features editor, throws down the gauntlet for his old boss Dylan Jones, editor of GQ for 12 years... more
When I walk the streets I pass innumerable dangerous dogs, many of them detached from owners who view their snarling darlings rather as a child might observe the manoeuvrings of someone else’s radio-controlled car... more
BBC executives spent more than £12,000 of taxpayers' money on a trip to Korea, according to the latest figures on staff expenses revealed today.... more
A BBC reporter, asked for his assessment of the quality of the management of the corporation, answers the question with an anecdote. He recalls how he was walking through Television Centre a few days ago and observed Jana Bennett... more
Alan Yentob is in defiant mood. After a torrid few weeks in which the BBC has come under attack for everything from sacking a 66-year-old woman to running up extravagant expense claims, Mr Yentob, one of the corporation's veteran executives, has clearly decided enough is enough.... more
Does the BBC have a death wish? I dislike lining up with the corporation's knee-jerk critics, but I have to admit that I am rapidly becoming an exasperated supporter of Britain's, and the world's, most renowned public service broadcaster.... more
The BBC is an anomaly. It is funded by a completely arbitrary tax the licence fee. Only 41 per cent of the population still think this is an appropriate funding mechanism. Yet, for now, the licence fee is rigorously imposed nonetheless, as I found when I decided it was pointless to pay it since I didn't switch the TV on from one month to the next, except to watch DVDs.... more
The BBC is facing growing speculation that it is preparing to appoint its creative director Alan Yentob as a new northern supremo as it transfers programming out of London... more
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents.
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Fern Britton has had her pay frozen after the controversy over her gastric band surgery. She has accepted a £700,000-a-year deal to present This Morning.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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