If her performance in this play is anything to go by, then Imogen Strachan is a future star. somethingunderground.co.uk/betsy-wisdom-o…

Brilliant performance by Imogen Strachan in Jonathan Brown's excellent one-woman play at Brighton Fringe. Too few in the audience to see Betsy: Wisdom of a Brighton Whore. somethingunderground.co.uk/betsy-wisdom-o…

Nick Davies describes the “journalistic treasure” re the Murdoch phone-hacking operation which most of Fleet Street has ignored

Roy Greenslade Hacked Off Dr Evan Harris Brian Cathcart Byline Times Nick Davies

No thanks. We will write our own history. And our own future!

At long last, positive news for the McGurk's Bar families. The UVF bombing of the pub in December 1971 has long reeked of British army dirty tricks and cover-up. Time, after 52 years, for truth. belfastmedia.com/attorney-gener…

'Guidance to historians ... independent advice.' Can they be serious?

Selling well... and now available at the Sinn Féin bookshop sinnfeinbookshop.com/the-peer-the-p…

So, in the Irish Times/ New York Times, I read of a play, Corruption, which 'unspools the chilling true saga of Rebekah Brooks'. It opened two weeks ago. Yet I can't find anything about it in a British newspaper. Have I missed it? Can anyone assist? irishtimes.com/world/us/2024/…

'The emerging rupture between American liberalism and American Zionism constitutes the greatest transformation in American Jewish politics in half a century' - thought-provoking essay in New York Times nytimes.com/2024/03/22/opi…

Relentless pressure on the government to prevent a UAE-backed consortium acquiring the Telegraph titles pays off. Legislation prohibiting foreign states from UK newspaper ownership to be enacted. Success for coalition of Tory MPs and senior Telegraph staff theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Press Gazette's estimates for circ figures of papers which don't reveal print sales The Sun: 700,000; Sun on Sunday: 600,000; Sunday Times: 322,000; The Times: 180,000; Daily Telegraph: 190,000; Sunday Telegraph: 125,000; Observer: 80,000; Guardian: 60,000 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Why is the Irish News so successful? In UK terms, with a sale of 23,615 in the final half of 2023, it’s the biggest-selling regional daily. My hunch: the paper’s old school values. In both news content and commentaries it seeks to represent its community’s culture and politics

Headline in Today's The Times and The Sunday Times is enough to give any Unionist a heart attack...

An unmissable event for all those who seek the peaceful reunification of Ireland...

Like Mr Justice Fancourt on phone hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers: I just don't believe you, Piers Morgan. In latest issue of the BJR... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Investigatory Powers Tribunal today told of 'shambles' as lawyers for Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey are handed key police document hours before the hearing. Document touches on the issue of PSNI's authorisation to mount surveillance aimed at unmasking the journalists' sources

The public weren't told the truth about the Troubles in the 1960-70s because 'Protestants were running the BBC in Northern Ireland', admits ex-BBC controller Paul Fox, as do former reporters Martin Bell and Denis Tuohy theguardian.com/media/2024/feb…

I got Genius! nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

Mirror Group settlement for Prince Harry is hugely significant, especially his remarks about Piers Morgan. Did he know about his paper's phone hacking or was he too stupid to realise it was going on? Two judges think the former, as do I. What say you? theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…