PETER HITCHENS: We rant about the BBC Proms… yet make ourselves slaves

Why are arguments about the love of country always held between BBC-type Britain-hating pinkoes, embarrassed by their own nation, and shouty jingoes, who never think about what patriotism really means? Here we all are in a state of rage about whether the words of Rule, Britannia should be sung at the Last Night Of The … Read more

BBC Symphony Orchestra held meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ weeks before Proms

Revealed: BBC Symphony Orchestra held a panicked meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ just weeks before the Last Night of the Proms row An emergency action plan was brought in to tackle so-called ‘unconscious bias’  It forged links with first professional orchestra made of mainly black musicians One insider described the move as a … Read more

BBC Symphony Orchestra held meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ weeks before Proms

Revealed: BBC Symphony Orchestra held a panicked meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ just weeks before the Last Night of the Proms row An emergency action plan was brought in to tackle so-called ‘unconscious bias’  It forged links with first professional orchestra made of mainly black musicians One insider described the move as a … Read more

BBC is blasted for plugging ex-drug dealer’s rap track amid Proms row over axing of Rule Brittania 

BBC is blasted for plugging new drill rap track of ex-county lines crack and heroin dealer Potter Payper on 1Xtra Radio station The rapper, real name Jamel Bousbaa, was served time for pushing class A drugs Daily Duppy track played on Radio 1Xtra just as BBC was to axe popular anthems Tory MP David Morris … Read more

BBC is blasted for plugging ex-drug dealer’s rap track amid Proms row over axing of Rule Brittania 

BBC is blasted for plugging new drill rap track of ex-county lines crack and heroin dealer Potter Payper on 1Xtra Radio station The rapper, real name Jamel Bousbaa, was served time for pushing class A drugs Daily Duppy track played on Radio 1Xtra just as BBC was to axe popular anthems Tory MP David Morris … Read more

BBC Proms begins with music by black British composer ‘exploring themes of identity’

The live-music leg of the BBC Proms kicked off with a composition ‘exploring themes of identity’ by a renowned Black British composer.  The world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s five-minute Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama opened the programme on BBC Two tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Kendall sat in the audience as her spine-tingling Basquiat-inspired composition … Read more

BBC Proms begins with music by black British composer ‘exploring themes of identity’

The live-music leg of the BBC Proms kicked off with a composition ‘exploring themes of identity’ by a renowned Black British composer.  The world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s five-minute Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama opened the programme on BBC Two tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Kendall sat in the audience as her spine-tingling Basquiat-inspired composition … Read more

Save the Last Night of the Proms

More than 100,000 people have signed the MailOnline petition urging the BBC to reverse its censorship of Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia at the Last Night of the Proms. Bosses at the broadcaster are under fire from across the political spectrum after caving in to politically-correct critics who are offended by the … Read more

Save the Last Night of the Proms

More than 100,000 sign MailOnline’s Last Night of the Proms petition urging the BBC to immediately reinstate Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia By Mailonline Published: 00:17 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 27 August 2020 More than 100,000 people have signed the MailOnline petition urging the BBC to reverse its … Read more

Will the BBC now be FORCED to play ‘offensive’ Proms anthem lyrics?

BBC insiders have blasted their bosses for ‘walking into an unnecessary and absurd row’ and making a ‘ghastly mistake’ by censoring the ‘racist’ to Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia on the Last Night of the Proms.  The decision to use instrumental versions of the patriotic anthems for the summer festival has drawn … Read more