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Political interference in the BBC’s lectures

Letters: Controversy over the Reith lectures is nothing new, says Mark Thompson, while Chris Barney believes the latest ‘censorship’ row could boost this year’s audience figures, and Alan Stone gives advice to BBC reporters

The Guardian - UK

BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture

Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit

The Guardian - UK

BBC seeks ‘proven leader who can make challenging editorial judgements’ in new director general job ad

‘Excellent career and professional development’ offered in advertisement for one of world’s top media positions

The Independent UK

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Author accuses BBC of censorship for removing Trump line from speech

The broadcaster says the edit was made ‘on legal advice’

The Independent UK

Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his speech by removing line about Trump

The corporation said it removed the sentence from the lecture ‘on legal advice’, but Rutger Bregman said the sentence ‘wasn’t a baseless accusation’.

Evening Standard

Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump

Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed

The Guardian - UK

The Mirror and the Light: the series takes Hilary Mantel’s manifesto for historical fiction to heart

“Talk to me before you believe anything!”, Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance) tells his monarch and master Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis) in a pivotal scene in the penultimate episode of the BBC adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, the 900-page third act in Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed…

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The Reith lectures miss the point. Politics fails when it avoids the issue of class

Questions of identity are overwhelming our sense of solidarity. It’s no wonder people are disillusioned

The Guardian - UK

Why I won’t join any march about the war in the Middle East

Brief letters: Israel and Palestine | Best album of 1994 | Defending the BBC | A stylish anniversary | Yorkshire dialects

The Guardian - UK

‘I believe literature is in peril’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie comes out fighting for freedom of speech

As the BBC prepares to air her hard-hitting Reith Lecture, the celebrated author of Half of a Yellow Sun talks about truth, trans rights and our ‘misogyny-drenched’ planet. Plus: read an extract

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen congratulates BBC, saying ‘We’ve never needed you more’

The journalist, broadcaster and charity campaigner presented a number of programmes on the BBC during her career.

The Independent UK

Michelle Visage told ex Strictly partner Giovanni his Lion King outfit was 'ridiculous'

Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice were voted off Strictly after performing Hakuna Matata from The Lion King dressed as Timon and Pumbaa

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