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Gavin Esler

Gavin Esler

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Gavin Esler is a writer, award-winning broadcaster and podcaster. He was the BBC’s chief correspondent in North America for eight years and a long-time anchor of Newsnight, Dateline London and other BBC programmes. He is the author of five novels and four works of non-fiction, including most recently ‘How Britain Ends'. His awards include a Sony Gold and a Royal Television Society award. His new book ‘Britain Is Better Than This’ will be published in September 2023.
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A stranded vehicle in flood water in Belper, Derbyshire, as the British public has been warned to brace for strengthening winds and lashing rain this week. PA Images
A storm in a teacup: Why Brits like a few days of terrible weather

We love to obsess about the weather, and there is an underlying reason that's worth examining

CommentFebruary 22, 2022
Gavin Esler
John Major is worried about where British democracy is headed

It goes well beyond the former British Prime Minister's dislike for Boris Johnson

CommentFebruary 15, 2022
Gavin Esler
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on February 2 to take part in the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons. AFP
Is a British renaissance under Johnson possible?

The feuds and ambitions of those around Boris Johnson to succeed him are taking up a lot of space

CommentFebruary 08, 2022
Gavin Esler
Neil Young performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo in California, US on May 25, 2019. AP
Is Spotify winning?

Despite a reputation hit to the streaming service, with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulling their music, it remains popular

CommentJanuary 31, 2022
Gavin Esler
A produce vendor arranges carrots as he waits for customers at a market in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 22. AP
How to talk about food poverty

£1.2 billion of food wasted in UK every year and 3 items per household per week are binned

CommentJanuary 25, 2022
Gavin Esler
The UK newspaper front pages in London this week. EPA
Boris Johnson may or may not be out, but the system is definitely down

That the Conservative party has had three failed prime ministers on the trot means there's a far bigger problem

OpinionJanuary 17, 2022
Gavin Esler
In this courtroom sketch, Judge Alison Nathan, far left, speaks to the jury, right, during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in December in New York. AP Photo
Why we shouldn't judge juries

Criticism of a jury in the UK for acquitting four individuals who toppled a slave trader's statue is just wrong

CommentJanuary 10, 2022
Gavin Esler
Much before TikTok, there was Big Ben

Other British institutions need public investment and modernisation urgently as well

CommentJanuary 04, 2022
Gavin Esler
Queen Elizabeth II at the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 17, in England. WPA Pool / Getty
Memorable images of 2021 capture a reality of our lives

They also capture some bizarre unrealities that may not recede in 2022

CommentDecember 27, 2021
Gavin Esler
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, December 15. Reuters
Boris Johnson’s Britain is a political mess

The Conservative party is riven by factions but it's the system of governance that needs to be rethought

CommentDecember 20, 2021
Gavin Esler
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in London, December 8. Johnson faces questions amid allegations that Downing Street staff held a party during the Covid-19 lockdown on Christmas 2020. EPA
How high a price will Boris Johnson pay for 'partygate'?

Until now, he has been Britain’s Teflon prime minister – nothing sticks, not policy failures, not scandals

CommentDecember 13, 2021
Gavin Esler
US President Joe Biden speaks during the the Kennedy Center Honorees Reception at the White House in Washington, on December 5. Bloomberg
In America, dreams live alongside nightmares

There is a gap between the America in the life of most citizens and the country that's in the news

CommentDecember 07, 2021
Gavin Esler
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Cop26 summit earlier this month. AFP
Boris Johnson invoking cartoons comes at a cost

The British Prime Minister senses an opportunity – at least among Brexit voters

CommentNovember 30, 2021
Gavin Esler
18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted over the fatal shooting of two people, and injury of another, in the US state of Wisconsin. Reuters
Missing the point on Kyle Rittenhouse

Another court case divides America, but nobody is asking the question that matters most

CommentNovember 21, 2021
Gavin Esler
Britain's asylum laws are causing havoc on the English Channel

Not only should London be welcoming immigrants but also creating an efficient system to screen and accommodate them

CommentNovember 15, 2021
Gavin Esler
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