PODCAST 35: DAVID CAMERON & HILLARY CLINTON - IN HAM'S WAY

Using David Cameron’s latest porkly embarrassment as a convenient starting point, Andy and Colin return to their mics to meditate on a wide range of political subjects, from Europe’s migrant crisis, Donald Trump, and tensions within US elites to the well-nigh impossible attempt to put lipstick on a pig and make an electable silk purse out of the sow’s ear of Hillary Clinton.

THE DUMBING-DOWN AND FEMINIZATION OF DOCUMENTARIES

by Colin Liddell

One of the most noticeable trends during my life has been the extent to which popular documentaries have been dumbed-down and feminized. In the past the typical documentary on British television would be presented by someone like Lord Kenneth Clark, Sir David Attenborough, Jacob Bronowski, or James Burke, men of evident genius, with deep familiarity with their subjects. But combined with their great erudition, they often had a slightly aloof manner or an appearance that wasn't exactly show business.