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Charlie Walsham

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Inside the BBC’s impartiality crisis

It’s a tabloid phrase you’re unlikely to hear often on BBC News, but ‘double-whammy’ seems a fitting description of what BBC staff have faced...

25.10.2026 40

The Spectator

Charlie Walsham

Ideology / The real problem with the BBC’s licence fee ad

Unlike Argentina, the BBC went on the attack during the World Cup final on Sunday. During the half-time interval, a short, star-studded promotional...

21.07.2026 40

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Charlie Walsham

The problem with the BBC’s compulsory Islamophobia training

In a week when BBC bosses unveiled yet another round of swingeing cuts – this time of around 550 jobs in news, nations and TV and radio – you...

24.06.2026 40

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Charlie Walsham

Inside the BBC’s impartiality meltdown

12.11.2025 40

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Charlie Walsham

Television / The leaked BBC memo is no surprise

09.11.2025 40

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Charlie Walsham

The leaked BBC memo is no surprise

08.11.2025 40

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Charlie Walsham

Graham Linehan is right: there needs to be a reckoning at the BBC

14.09.2025 40

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Charlie Walsham