Tag Archives: James Naughtie

Jings, crivens, help ma boab!

August 2, 2018 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

I’ve been reading in the media trade press this week about the contrasting fortunes of two newspapers that were, in very different ways, part of my youth. I am talking about the Sunday Post and The Scotsman. When I was growing up my parents, like many Scots of their generation, bought the Sunday Post religiously […]

Tied up in Knots

October 2, 2015 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

One of the more interesting media stories to emerge this week is that BBC Economics Editor Robert Peston is on the point of leaving the BBC to join ITN. The BBC are so keen to hang on to Peston that they are believed to be offering him a regular role on Newsnight. For many newspapers […]

Naughtie but nice

August 14, 2015 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

It will be interesting to see what effect the departure in the Autumn of James Naughtie from The Today programme will have on Radio 4’s flagship news show. Although it’s fair to say that Newsnight has never been the same since Jeremy Paxman left last year, somehow I feel that Today, which still has big […]