John Wyver writes: Regulars here will know that I am one of those involved with the continuing discussion over recent policy changes about access to the BBC Written Archives Centre. The campaign to have these changes reversed more
John Wyver writes: as usual, stuff that I found in the past week that helped me get through these strange and terrible times; the header image is a detail from Jan Lievens' 1652 'Allegory of Peace', from more
John Wyver writes: Yesterday saw the publication of two important responses to the current (that is, until 11.59pm next Tuesday) public consultation on the DCMS green paper about the BBC Royal Charter review. First more
John Wyver writes: I have today finished reading Anthony Trollope's 1875 tale of Victorian capitalism, class and love, The Way We Live Now. This is a wonderful chronicle of greed, perfidy and romance, crammed more
John Wyver writes: Nestled in BBC iPlayer's box of delights that is the Ibsen collection is a fascinating 1964 curiosity titled The Summer in Gossensass. This is a hour-long drama-documentary -- although billed as more
John Wyver writes: welcome to links to some of what I found vital and valuable in my week's reading and viewing, starting with a fine discovery at the Library of Congress which is illustrated above. • Lost 19th more
John Wyver writes: I have hugely enjoyed Channel 4's The Tony Blair Story (broadcast last week and available on catch-up), for which the series director and narrator is Michael Waldman (who I should own is a friend). more
John Wyver writes: To Falmer, near Brighton, for a visit to The Keep to dig into the Mass Observation Archive. I'm starting on the first stages of research for Switching On (title tbc), a more
John Wyver writes: This week's selection of stuff that I've found interesting and enriching over the past seven days. We lost the great documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman this week, and there have been numerous fine tributes; among the richest articles I've more
John Wyver writes: Registration is now open for the one-day symposium on 27 March centred on the films of the great television documentary filmmaker Robert Vas. The symposium is complemented by a rare screening of Vas' remarkable film about the more