Lawsuit alleges Mary Trump and NYT ‘were motivated by personal vendetta’ against him and a desire to push political agendaFormer US president Donald Trump has sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth a…
Ministers urged to stop ‘hiding from scrutiny’ by blocking FoI requests
Six departments spent total of at least £500k in four years trying to block requests, openDemocracy findsSix government departments have between them spent at least half a million pounds over the past four years trying to block information being releas…
‘The cover is like a piece of art in itself’: 32 years of Guardian Weekend magazine
Since its creation in late 1988, the Guardian’s Saturday supplement has been lauded for front covers and features that have caught the eye and sparked joy or sometimes controversy. As its final edition is published, some of the team who worked on it ex…
Paul Dacre ‘should be banned from reapplying’ as Ofcom chair, says Tory MP
Ministers restarted interview process for Ofcom job after former editor considered ‘unappointable’ Paul Dacre should be banned from reapplying to be chair of media regulator Ofcom because he failed the interview process on the first attempt, according …
Putin’s crackdown: how Russia’s journalists became ‘foreign agents’
Will an oppressive new law stifle independent media outlets – or lead to a weakening of the president’s authoritarian regime?Usually the bad news is dumped late on Friday when most Muscovites are heading out for the evening: a new list of names of jour…
Churchill Fellowship rejects criticism from Boris Johnson after website rebrand
Churchill’s grandson oversaw change that had almost no complaints until Daily Mail and Sun coverageThe Churchill Fellowship has rejected allegations by Boris Johnson that it has airbrushed out images of Britain’s wartime prime minister from its website…
The day before 9/11: what was life like before the world changed?
The age of Big Brother and famous football victories seems like another time. But did the terrorists’ planes, as it seemed, really come out of nowhere?There is always an eeriness in the archives of days that immediately precede tragedy. The newspapers …
UK going backwards on tackling media’s racism, warns new Voice editor
Lester Holloway of Britain’s only black national newspaper points to a ‘regression’ in recognising inequalityThe new editor of Britain’s only black national newspaper has warned the UK is going backwards in recognising institutional racism in the media…
BBC inquiry dismisses Rupert Murdoch complaints about documentary series
Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ storiesRupert Murdoch has largely lost a year-long dispute with the BBC after he objected to a documentary series that “implied he posed a threat to liber…
Society of Editors withdraws claim that UK media is not racist
Organisation that represents UK newspaper editors says it will work to improve diversity in industryThe organisation that represents British newspaper editors has withdrawn its claim that the UK media is not racist or bigoted, after six months of press…