His name is still a byword for high-minded broadcasting. But Lord Reith was an adulterer and family tyrant who was so profligate he left just £75 in his will. Who says so? His own daughter... As the ...

After the war, Reith held a succession of jobs reserved for the great and the good, but never did he hold the influence of his BBC years. Instead he regularly complained of being overlooked. His ...

"It would have been better for me if I had gone back to the BBC" Having pioneered broadcast communications between Britain and the Empire, Reith was now the man in charge of linking them by air.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Reith papers by Peter Reith. Every political leader needs a headkicker. Keating had Richo, ...

The untold story during Reith's lifetime was his deep affection for a younger man, Charlie Bowser, whose family lived near Reith in Glasgow. There is no clear proof that Reith was gay, although ...

Update: A petition has been launched on the website, JimReith.com. More than 200 names have been signed. Reith's own name appears with the comment: "Please bring me back!!!!!" Syracuse, N.Y. -- WCNY, ...

Reith’s slot, weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., will be filled by syndicated personality Sean Hannity, a news show called “The Daily Wrap with Joe Galuski and Kevin Schenk” and an hour of national host ...

It was 2am and after a night at the ballet Dawn Mackay was about to go to bed when the telephone rang. The conversation was to last for hours, as her impassioned caller spoke of his infatuation for ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Amid the messy fallout from the 1998 waterfront dispute, Peter Reith visited John Howard at Kirribilli House and offered his resignation ...

In August 1917 Reith, still a serving officer, returned to Britain from the US. It took time to find a suitable posting but eventually in 1918 he began work in Sussex with the Royal Marine Engineers, ...