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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Given yesterday's announcement of the latest wanton vandalism at the BBC we have never been more in need of someone genuinely committed to public service broadcasting in the DCMS seat. This will clearly never be Nandy and surely almost anyone would be better

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did Baroness Harding just say that if we're not allowed to keep everything we own then we won't have anything to share? #bbcaq

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can any producers at #newsnight tell me the last time that GB News invited a BBC journalist on to one of their programmes? Or is this more of a one-way type of arrangement?

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can’t I just have some new arts broadcasting

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As recently as last Sunday morning on Broadcasting House

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fully support #BroadcastingHouse doing its bit for the rehabilitation of offenders but please don’t invite Archer on to the programme again

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think this is the crucial distinction

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My favourite one of these. John Richardson, art historian and biographer of Picasso, only died in 2019. His paternal Grandfather was born during the reign of George III

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No. 4 is inside the walled garden at Royden Park. Just above the gate

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I really must object. When it comes to bad and wrong political predictions Lord Hannan of Kingsclere remains unsurpassed. It is, essentially, his only achievement.

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Only when he wanted to use Westminster Cathedral for his (3rd) marriage

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It was really good - will definitely be listening to it again whilst we still can

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Really enjoyed that new commission from Samy Moussa 'Dithyramb' on Last Night of the Proms just now

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"What do they know of England..." etc.

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Poor management by #newsnight producers, on an anniversary that required a certain gravitas, to schedule a presenter so wholly unable to provide it

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Handy for legal fees if you were expecting to be in court a lot

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

BBC continues to push their editorial line that Farage is the real victim here on #broadcastinghouse this morning

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'd like to think that Kent's Chief Constable would be in the Police and Crime Commissioner's office first thing in the morning explaining the decision making behind the lack of even a single arrest. I'm not holding my breath.

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hard to overstate what a revolting character Harry Cole is #newsnight

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How long exactly has Laila been Reform's candidate for London Mayor? It feels like somewhere between 7 and 10 years #newsnight

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Absolutely hilarious. Even whilst BBC channels are furiously minimising the significance of the Verbatim/C4 reporting Reform actually suspend the individuals most closely involved #r4today

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Even for Mason this was unusually nauseating #Newsnight - what a disgrace to his profession he is

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Appointing as Chair Osborne, a man who did so much willful damage to culture as Chancellor, showed that the British Museum was now an institution that valued money and courting the wealthy above everything else - so this seems a logical conclusion. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

theguardian.com

British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hi #BBCNews when did ‘private citizen makes travel plans’ count as absolutely anything you consider noteworthy?

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Very obviously, it's '50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong'.

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I still don't understand why the BBC chose to debase a respected news and current affairs commentary programme but tonight's #Newsnight has reached the fullest realisation of the project

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A bonfire of this particular vanity would be very welcome

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Possibly revealing a previously closely-guarded affinity for the work of Tom Wolfe?

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The single storey building immediately behind was, at one time, the Sub-Post Office. Closed >30 years ago

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Relax, once he's burned through $nB with nothing to show for it this project too will be cancelled

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Holiday Rental of Wildfell Hall

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We all know it's an offence to impersonate a Police officer. Perhaps it should also be an offence to impersonate Police advice.

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We saw it in 2019. It was a brilliant show and an amazing feat of stamina for someone of his age

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You wait an age for the BBC to commission new programming on the visual arts and it turns out that it's just another show about money #TheBigDeal

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Having watched the extended #newsnight interview with Hunter Biden the obvious, albeit slightly parochial, question is, what possible relevance did it have for the average licence fee payer?

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I thought Reform's preferred incendiary terminology was 'fighting age'

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Grimly hilarious to hear Clegg whinging about 'moral superiority on #newsnight. It's hardly difficult to feel morally superior to someone who enabled a cruel regime of austerity before fucking off to take millions from Meta

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

There used to be a BBC for me. One that believed the arts had value and which fell no need to infantilise its audience

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Alistair Caird @alistaircaird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Head of the POA interviewed on #bbcpm this evening gave a good overview. Worth a listen

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