ritula shah

Journalist and Broadcaster. @classicfm Formerly BBC Radio 4 World Tonight. Imagining the future and talking too much.

[Mishal Husain @MishalHusain]

In today’s @ObserverUK - which also has a very good piece by @cerithomas01 with reflections on the David Kelly tragedy in 2003

[ritula shah @ritula]

RIP Rod Liddle. Supported and promoted me early in my career. A highly original thinker and provocateur. He used to rail against anything he saw as being ‘groupthink’ I was dismayed by his later transformation into a peddler of prejudice - he was a much better mind than that.

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

@ritula V true. And it’s a trend away from serving domestic UK audiences: see BBCNewsChannel in the evening. It’s as if the BBC has lost faith in its ability to serve home audiences. Internationalising programmes will only further alienate licence fee payers, who pay for its existence.

[ritula shah @ritula]

@SPQR_10 @wmarybeard @lisanandy @PreetKGillMP It is about cuts - and it will only get worse.

[ritula shah @ritula]

Very sad to hear The World Tonight is being axed by the BBC. Newshour is a great programme but it isn’t a substitute.
Radio 4 and its audience won’t have a domestic facing outlet after 1800.
I hope audiences now understand the challenges facing the BBC.

[ritula shah @ritula]

Emily Thornberry not pulling punches

[ritula shah @ritula]

Kemi Badenoch kicking at an open goal, pushing at an open door etc.

[ritula shah @ritula]

Not just Olly Robbins but the entire FCDO taking the rap - according to PM - for the Mandelson vetting fiasco. Although the glaring flaw - Mandelson came with flashing red lights - shouldn’t the PM have been at the very least, wary?

[ritula shah @ritula]

@alexmassie It does seem to be the self evident truth that no one wants to confront. There is a new ‘normal’ which may not feel particularly normal to anyone outside MAGA world and it seems doubtful to me, that it ends when President Trump leaves office

[Peter Ricketts @LordRickettsP]

Excellent analysis from @RUSI (full disclosure: I am the Vive-Chair). A sobering read.

[ritula shah @ritula]

@RhonddaBryant How wonderful!

[The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) @vlvuk]

We have a fantastic line-up at our autumn conference tomorrow looking at audio indies, what next for the #bbc #impartiality & more with @thekatiederham @WhistledownProd @Rhuanedd @podotpods @ritula @EndersAnalysis do join us https://t.co/KxH9aAh4v4

[Zeb Soanes @zebsoanes]

When there’s suddenly a symphony of @ClassicFM presenters in the studio! @ritula @Breathwick

[The Media Society @TheMediaSociety]

Our next Media Society event is an important discussion about Migration and the Media. At the Conduit in Covent Garden. 6pm Monday 22nd Sep. Our panel: Ritula Shah @ritula, Rob McNeil, @DounaHAhmed, the BBC's Andrew Harding, and @NicolaKelly. Tickets⬇️ https://t.co/LqGgeiw1MZ

[Hewete Haileselassie @Hewete]

My interview with @bonifacemwangi for @birdStoryAgency could he be Kenya’s next president?

https://t.co/tCo3lU5p6Y

[British Asian Trust @britishasiantst]

“We now have the freedom to do as we choose”
Watch Saba & Sobia’s story to see how they built a successful beauty business after training via our Driving Women’s Economic Empowerment programme supported by the @FCDOGovUk & #UKAidMatch.
https://t.co/Trnh7Mc9Zc
@ukinpakistan

[British Asian Trust @britishasiantst]

3 years, 7000 women… a lifetime of impact.

Our Driving Women’s Economic Empowerment programme - supported by the @FCDOgovuk 's #UKAidMatch programme - has been lifechanging for women in Pakistan

Watch the highlights: https://t.co/MveaFgKbqz

#IfICanSheCan #EmpoweringWomen

[ritula shah @ritula]

I think this one will provoke an intense debate. Will I get a word in edge ways? Not sure.

Trump 2.0 Will Make the World a Safer Place

Michael Gove vs Mehdi Hasan

Monday July 14th
@howtoacademy

https://t.co/Iw15djj97c

[ritula shah @ritula]

@AnushkaAsthana Congratulations Anushka! So pleased to see your hugely deserved success!

[The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) @vlvuk]

Do join us at our Spring Conference on the 30 April in London - lots of discussions to be had about the future of public service media with @ritula @janemartinson @hartswoodfilms @Freely_tv @BBC @TorinDouglas To book https://t.co/hrejFvljI1