In Britain, no more hiding behind The Times
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LONDON For a newspaper nicknamed &quot;The Thunderer,&quot; the move was disclosed sotto voce: The Times of London, for more than two centuries the confident voice of the English establishment, is going fully tabloid as of Monday, dropping a broadsheet version that
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For decades now, broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong has held a trusted place in the public eye as a champion of editorial freedom, not unlike the BBC after which it was modeled.
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Latest report from the UK, although indicative of serious change, tells us again what we already know. On Thursday, October 28, the press was abuzz with news of the United Kingdom&#39;s formal publication of its
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In 1981, Rupert Murdoch and a division of his News Corp. made extraordinary promises about not meddling in the news pages of The Times of London and The Sunday Times, which they were about to take over. But in short order, no one doubted who was firmly in control of the newsrooms.
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A new exhibition in London lifts the lid on the real-life world of spying, amid concerns about a developing "Big Brother" society and its effects on individual freedoms and civil liberties.Comment
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216 years of publishing history ends on Monday, as The Times switches to a tabloid format. The decision to go fully compact - after trials in London and around the country - was made after sales of the newspaper jumped 4.5 per cent.
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A decade ago, Britain's magazine market was shaken up by a series of men's titles which offered an unsubtle mix of football, humour and scantily-clad women. Now a new revolution has begun, using much the same formula.
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By ROY HATTERSLEY  AT ITS peak, it was a wonder of the modern world. The British Broadcasting Corporation was the envy of every other nation for the technical excellence of its transmissions and the high quality of its broadcasts.
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Why surveillance is rampant in the UK and who is watching what you do
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LONDON -- Nearly every British newspaper yesterday carried photos of the assassination of President Bush -- or at least the realistic depiction of it from a new documentary-style television film that is causing an uproar in Britain.
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LONDON The plan was for a calm and dignified announcement, but it soon became a royal scramble Thursday after a tabloid newspaper scooped Buckingham Palace and exposed one of Britain's best-kept secrets: Prince ...
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Freedom of information laws coming into force on Saturday are set to pose British Prime Minister Tony Blair a fresh test over Iraq as a newspaper tries to unearth his legal case for war.
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From tail-dragging despair to unabashed joy, Britain&#39;s newspapers rebounded on Sunday, swelling with pride after five gold medals in one day erased the pain of the first Olympic week in Athens.
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State of the surveillance nation Britain may have more CCTV cameras per head than anywhere else in the world but when it comes to electronic surveillance the country is way behind Italy, the Netherlands and even Sweden.â¦
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Britain's political establishment has never been short of political scandal. While the latest tale to grip London's political and media circles lacks the titillating, sometimes bizarre, features of other public ...
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The tabloids scoffed, government ministers vowed to step up security and Britons had a good laugh -- that is when they weren&#39;t worrying about the security implications.
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In the latest illustration of how security at Britain&#39;s public buildings is not as impenetrable as it might be, a reporter from a Scottish newspaper managed to walk unchallenged into Queen Elizabeth&#39;s residence in Edinburgh on Thursday, cleverly disguised