From rent strikes to free-speech walkouts – how did Durham University become a frontline of the UK’s culture wars?
Durham has become the focus of anger from both sides of the political spectrum. Students and academics try to explain why its campus skirmishes keep spilling out into the tabloids
December 2021
Durham head steps back after calling students ‘pathetic’ at Rod Liddle event
South College principal Tim Luckhurst will not attend external events while investigation into dinner takes place
November 2019
Sajid Javid condemns Rod Liddle article over Muslim comments
Chancellor criticises piece that appears to call for election day that would stop Muslims voting
July 2019
Book of the week
The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review – a disingenuous, dishonest Brexit polemic
Assuming a new pose as defender of the people, Liddle rages against liberal remainers and the ‘establishment’ – and is as untroubled by facts as by logic
June 2019
Land of song or savages? Why the English get Wales so wrong
For those who cross the border dreaming of a mythic retreat of crags and castles, reality can bite hard
March 2019
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be
Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
September 2018
Jokes about ‘snowflakes’ ignore the crisis in young mental health
Holly Bourne
Editors have normalised hate, from Rod Liddle to Katie Hopkins
Suzanne Moore
May 2018
A hack dressed up as Widow Twanky: welcome to culture wars, UK style
Rachel Cooke
If Rod Liddle’s bizarre Palladium show was a sign of Brexit times, we should stop despairing
May 2015
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: BBC wants to snoop, Vice scores, and a Liddle more trouble
Radio Times editor’s wife wheels out the bike stories, Sepp Blattter and a dead loss for Radio 4’s Start the Week
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
New light dawns at Stig Abell’s Sun
Peter Preston
The new managing editor has taken a notably strong line after one columnist’s remarks about a transgender MP
Greenslade
The Sun censured by Ipso for Rod Liddle's discriminatory column
Press regulator orders paper to publish landmark ruling upholding complaint
October 2014
Media Monkey
Media Monkey’s Diary: Rod Liddle, Mail moves, and Jon Snow
Read Media Monkey’s Diary from the Monday print section
June 2014
Online threats, Rod Liddle and the boundaries of free expression
Letters: Freedom of speech must mean freedom to be offensive, otherwise we only have the dubious 'freedom' to make socially approved comments
Saturday interview
Rod Liddle interview: 'I'm not a bigot'
Simon Hattenstone: Since his days editing Radio 4's Today programme, Rod Liddle has made a career out of controversy. His new book is no exception and has led to, er, mixed reviews and accusations of bigotry. So is he? A bigot?
Critical eye
Book reviews roundup: Selfish, Whining Monkeys, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour and Mammon's Kingdom
What the critics thought of Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris and Mammon's Kingdom by David Marquand
May 2014
Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?
Will Self marvels as the controversial columnist condemns himself over 200 pages
Digested read
Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle – digested read
John Crace boldly sifts the columnist terrible's ranting down to a five-minute squeal for the weak of stomach
Observer TV reviews
The Island With Bear Grylls; Blurred Lines; Billy Connolly's Big Send Off; 24 – review
Males wrestled with nature, females fought sexism and Jack Bauer saved the world. Again, writes Euan Ferguson
December 2013
Rod Liddle criticises BBC for too much coverage of Nelson Mandela death
Spectator columnist posts comments on Twitter, describing story as 'famous nice black man dies''. By John Plunkett
