BBC and Gary Lineker row: A once-venerated institution – central to British public life, adored across the world – is directionless, and falling into the same traps time and time again. To survive, the BBC needs to recapture its soul. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA The almighty row over Gary Lineker hasn’t generated the BBC’s identity crisis. That has been brewing on its own for quite some time now. But we have been reminded quite how stark the problem is. The once-venerated institution – central to British public life, adored across the world – is directionless, and falling into the same traps...