London-centric

A BBC Trust report has accused Radio 4 of being too London-centric.

This week's arts diary 2011

In spite of efforts to broaden activities away from the south-east, the BBC remains highly London-centric – Deloitte found that 69% of the BBC's gross economic contribution remained in the capital, although benefit to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all increased.

BBC delivers £2 to economy for every pound of licence fee, says Deloitte report 2011

At a time when the BBC is moving operations to Salford to demonstrate how London-centric it is not, is the Lord Mayor's Show not a bit of an own goal?

Lord Mayor's Show is a bit of an own goal for BBC 2011

It is a strategy mired in controversy, with staff being offered four- and five-figure relocation packages – including £3,000 towards redecorating their new homes in the north-west – but the public broadcaster insists that it will help make the corporation less London-centric.

BBC Breakfast team reluctant to make Manchester move 2011

With a fair degree of London-centric content from William Raban's films on the Thames, to Panos & Kirschner's east London-based works, there's also a mini-retrospective of roving, Irish-born Vivienne Dick, who was part of New York's No Wave scene.

This week's new film events 2011

But we're aware that our battle of the airways has been rather London-centric.

The battle of breakfast radio: local radio heroes 2011

If it seems to be infuriatingly London-centric, then the excuse is this: if you're going to organise a demonstration, you're going to make much more of an impact if you do it in the capital city than if you do it anywhere else in the country – although this may no longer be so true: Williams was writing about last Saturday's proposed march in Leicester by the distinctly unpleasant English Defence League.

Violent London: 2,000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts by Clive Bloom – review Nicholas Lezard 2010

The biggest challenge, given the London-centric media, is to make sure potential tourists know of these galleries' existence – and success.

Call it the Tracey Emin effect: art overcoming austerity outside London | John Kampfner 2011

As Question Time travels to a different locale around Britain each week, his stand can't be dismissed as London-centric snobbery or laziness.

Idolising bad boys makes Charlies of us all | Barbara Ellen 2011

But we're aware that our battle of the airways has been rather London-centric.

The battle of breakfast radio: local radio heroes 2011