Does anyone love the BBC? I don't mean love this programme or that presenter, I mean love the BBC as an idea?
There was a time when I - and all right-thinking people - would have immediately said: yes, of course. But after the events of last week I'm beginning to wonder if we Beeb lovers are in denial. The sad truth is that the BBC we grew up with and say we love has long been gone.
And the BBC is partly to blame for this. Every time I turn its television programmes on I get darts, makeover programmes or some bossy person telling me how to dress. I tell myself: well, I still love Radio 4. I couldn't live without it. And then