In the mid-2000s City University’s Journalism school – well me, to be precise – had a number of conversations with the Bahraini authorities about journalism education, in the context of a more open and robust political culture. The conversations began with an approach by a junior member of the ruling family, a former academic of…

Alan Rusbridger’s What is the future of the fourth estate prompts a thought on the state of British media, or – more simply – the BBC/Murdoch duopoly. The BBC commands radio, online, magazines (Top Gear, Gardener’s World) and mainstream TV viewing. Sky and Newscorp command subscription TV and print. They are – natch – deadly…