Evan Davis: ‘I found out at my wedding that my father had killed himself’
BBC host reveals brother told him of tragic death of dad, 92, who had cancer and heart failure, during reception
November 2018
The week in radio and podcasts: Today in Focus; PM; Kermode on Film
The Guardian launches a news podcast to rival the New York Times, while Evan Davis is back to his best and Mark Kermode busier than ever
September 2018
Evan Davis to replace Eddie Mair as host of BBC Radio 4's PM show
Presenter quits Newsnight to take up high-profile radio news slot, starting at end of October
July 2018
Woo hoo! Ten lessons that The Simpsons has taught Evan Davis
Stuart Heritage
The Newsnight presenter’s Simpsons addiction has served him well: every truth about politics is in there somewhere, says Guardian writer Stuart Heritage
January 2018
The BBC isn’t the only place where male egos and pay are overblown
Letters: Male presenters at the BBC need to learn some humility, says Jane Owen,while Noël Riley highlights pay disparity in medicine. Plus letters from Pam Laurance and Jeff Wallace
May 2017
'Bullshit is a greater enemy than lies' – lessons from three new books on the post-truth era
Book of the day
Post-truth review – Nick Cohen on three timely books
June 2016
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan tells BBC free movement of labour might not end – video
Newsnight presenter Evan Davis suggests the British public had been through ‘three months of agony’ on the issue of immigration
December 2015
Guardian Live
London's housing crisis - Guardian Live event
Guardian Live
The new political age - Guardian Live event
October 2015
Mark Lawson on television
Newsnight: how is presenter Evan Davis doing one year on?
Jeremy Corbyn’s first Labour conference as party leader coincided with Davis’s first anniversary as Newsnight host this week. How has the presenter’s post-Paxo ‘new broadcasting’ style bedded in?
September 2015
Could it be goodnight for Newsnight if the BBC 10pm news is extended?
As Evan Davis marks one year as anchor, a proposal for a 45-minute flagship bulletin could hit viewing figures
April 2015
Jeremy Paxman beats Evan Davis in the battle of the leader interviews
Former Today presenter’s encounter with David Cameron watched by fewer than 2 million on BBC1, while Newzoids makes strong debut
March 2015
Media Monkey
Media Monkey’s Diary: BBC's biting comedy, Staggers' luxury time
Read Media Monkey’s diary from the Monday print pages
January 2015
Media Monkey
Is Evan Davis really the worst-dressed man in Britain?
GQ magazine says Newsnight’s Evan Davis resembles ‘a supply geography teacher’ on-screen. Monkey casts a discerning eye over the evidence
December 2014
Media Monkey
Evan Davis and crew go rogue on YouTube for autumn statement
Newsnight presenter quizzes Allegra Stratton, Chris Cook and Duncan Weldon for five-minute YouTube slot
October 2014
Britain, don’t put your faith in Russell Brand’s revolution
Hadley Freeman
Russell Brand ‘open-minded’ about who was behind 9/11 attacks
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: Harding upsets staff (again!) and Morgan on Mail bosses
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
That's the way the money goes, Evan: Newsnight and the drivelling economic explanation
