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How to get the most out of a universal BBC licence fee

How to get the most out of a universal BBC licence fee

30 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

There should be proper discussion about where BBC cuts should fall, rather than well-loved personalities and programmes simply disappearing without a trace.

Trump and Farage TV: Two cheeks of the same backside
Trump and Farage TV: Two cheeks of the same backside
23 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
It’s a good news day
It’s a good news day
16 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
The perfect partner for investigative journalism and the nodding Beeb
The perfect partner for investigative journalism and the nodding Beeb
09 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
Brittin’s first summer in charge of the BBC
Brittin’s first summer in charge of the BBC
02 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
TikTok in the dock (again)
TikTok in the dock (again)
26 Aug 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

A modern Greek tragedy

19 Aug 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Ray Snoddy examines how responsible the journalists who wrote about Jason Arday were for his death.

Revelations and under reporting of RAJAR at The Times

12 Aug 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Ray Snoddy heralds another journalistic investigation but finds The Times wanting in its reporting of the listener figures for its own radio station.

The scoop that stopped FIFA’s secret World Cup selloff

05 Aug 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Martyn Ziegler’s exclusive, one of the most significant sports exclusives ever, has put an end to what many saw as an attempt to sell off the soul of football. Ray Snoddy explains. 

The heat is on for the press to start taking climate change seriously

29 Jul 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Less-than-perfect press performances of late fade into nothingness compared with the greatest failure of the media in any age: the failure to communicate the existential threat of climate change.

Burnham brings a fighting chance for the future of the BBC

22 Jul 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Several ministers with experience as culture secretary are now in prominent positions in the new-look Government. Surely the future of the BBC is in good hands?

What will the UK commercial television landscape look like in 12 months?

15 Jul 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Is the planned split and the sale of the ITV broadcast and streaming business inevitable and a good thing? Ray Snoddy looks at the details.

Farage versus the media: Nigel’s last stand. Or is it?

08 Jul 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Nigel Farage may be at personal loggerheads with Sky News and Times Newspapers, but by potentially causing a tsunami of media interest in Reform UK, who knows where the biggest waves may land.

Lamenting Long Wave and looking to the future

01 Jul 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Long Wave radio is no more, and a transition from terrestrial broadcasting to internet-delivered TV is expected by 2034. If we are to embrace the future, we should preserve the past, writes Ray Snoddy. 

A lucky PM needs greater prominence of trusted media

24 Jun 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

What did for the PM was the lack of a defining story and the inability to articulate it to a public with little interest in the details of politics.

We’re losing trust and interest in current affairs. What should be done?

17 Jun 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

From a local to a global level, trust in news is in decline. The impact may be felt all the way to 10 Downing Street, writes Ray Snoddy. 

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