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David Aaronovitch

David Aaronovitch is an author, commentator and presents BBC Radio 4’s Briefing Room.

Photo of David Aaronovitch

David Aaronovitch

David Aaronovitch is an author, commentator and presents BBC Radio 4’s Briefing Room.

  • David Aaronovitch
    The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test

    The document at the heart of the BBC’s crisis is unfairly selective and ignores most of the corporation’s output

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    What do the anti-immigration protests tell us about British politics?

    Are Labour's concerns about social cohesion a sign that they may be aligning with some of Reforms ideas on immigration? Why does Kemi Badenoch want to outlaw doctors' strikes? And are the latest aid drops in Gaza a sign of change to come? Jasper Corbett is joined by journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch. Plus, the Observer reporter Stephen Armstrong and senior producer Katie Gunning.

    28 min • S1, E254

  • David Aaronovitch
    Luigi Mangione and the American way of death

    Before Charlie Kirk, there was Brian Thompson, whose killer has been anointed a folk hero. Mangione’s case is a story about America’s self-destructive appetite for violence in the age of Trump

    Wed, 24 Sept 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    Illiberal land: Hungary’s empire of ideas

    This is the story of how and why a small Central European country became the epicenter of global conservatism. It’s the tale of two men…and what happens when we ignore the powerful forces behind a government.

    33 min • S1, E316

  • David Aaronovitch
    Orbán seized Hungary by the neck – the right followed in his wake

    Conservatives have redefined the political landscape in the US and beyond – but their blueprint was created in Budapest

    Sun, 13 Jul 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    This Bob Vylan furore is a distraction from finding an end to the bloodshed

    The band’s comments at Glastonbury were somewhat inevitable, but blaming the BBC for a musician saying something transgressive is daft

    Wed, 2 Jul 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    An ‘easy target’? Killing the ayatollah would be almost unprecedented

    Donald Trump’s rejection of Israel’s proposal to assassinate Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, revealed an extraordinary conversation. There is little precedent for presidents or prime ministers killing their opposite numbers, even in wartime

    Tue, 17 Jun 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    David Aaronovitch: the assassins who think murder is protest

    The shootings in Washington DC have shown that, like everything, violence has its own trends

    Sun, 25 May 2025

  • David Aaronovitch
    Review: How our personal affairs became public

    A provocative study argues that prurience and the popular press have combined to erode the concept of the private realm

    Fri, 9 May 2025

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