
Read this: The Media Column: Culture Secretary John Whittingdale will be the centre of attention as telly types gather in Edinburgh

Summary: Self-identification as a creature from Hades fits with Whittingdale's positioning at the festival as the spectre haunting the future of the BBC and public-service broadcasting in general. Not since Whittingdale loaded the BBC with a 650m bill for covering the cost of free licences for the over-75s, then launched a consultation paper which leaves the organisation anxious about its future. - www.independent.co.uk
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