5 JANUARY 1985, page 14

Broadcasting

Begging bowl economics Paul Johnson T he BBC's propaganda document sent out to buttress its case for an increase in the licence fee from £46 to £65 is a condescending and inept......

Orwell's Silliness

John Casey I t was the year of the Orwellians, rather than of Orwell. Dozens of articles, a conference in Cambridge, a whole issue of Encounter devoted to Orwell's thought, a......