Hardeep Matharu
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
Journalist. Speaker. Writer. Interviewer
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture
Editor-in-Chief of the independent UK publication Byline Times
[email protected] / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture
Editor-in-Chief of the independent UK publication Byline Times
[email protected] / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Thanks for your support!
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thanks for your support!
It's simply to do with the mailing dates. The vast majority of our sales comes from subscribers. We have always communicated how much we appreciate and prioritise our subscribers. That is not, and has never been, and will never be, cynical.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's simply to do with the mailing dates. The vast majority of our sales comes from subscribers. We have always communicated how much we appreciate and prioritise our subscribers. That is not, and has never been, and will never be, cynical.
Yes, but personalities are only able to define structures if those structures are, to begin with, vulnerable. BBC is an establishment institution with many wide-ranging structural & political forces defining the role it, in reality, carries out. The personalities slot in & reinforce vulnerabilities
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yes, but personalities are only able to define structures if those structures are, to begin with, vulnerable. BBC is an establishment institution with many wide-ranging structural & political forces defining the role it, in reality, carries out. The personalities slot in & reinforce vulnerabilities
Robbie Gibb is, of course, at the centre of this all. But the job of any DG has to be to fight for the BBC's independence. Tim Davie failed in this, in my view. This is a structural problem, beyond personalities.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Robbie Gibb is, of course, at the centre of this all. But the job of any DG has to be to fight for the BBC's independence. Tim Davie failed in this, in my view. This is a structural problem, beyond personalities.
Indeed! I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times 😊
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Indeed! I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times 😊
In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
bylinetimes.com/2024/06/28/t...
bylinetimes.com/2024/06/28/t...
I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.