Girl power
Hurrah for Radio 3 and its (long-overdue) efforts to give us music not just performed by women but composed, and…
Linked in
What makes the World Service so different from the rest of the BBC? I asked Mary Hockaday, the controller of…
Linked in
What makes the World Service so different from the rest of the BBC? I asked Mary Hockaday, the controller of…
Just Williams
It’s tempting to believe that somewhere in the bowels of Broadcasting House in London the voice of Kenneth Williams is…
Just Williams
It’s tempting to believe that somewhere in the bowels of Broadcasting House in London the voice of Kenneth Williams is…
The write stuff
The deadline for Radio 2’s 500 Words competition falls next Thursday. Children between the ages of five and 13 are…
The write stuff
The deadline for Radio 2’s 500 Words competition falls next Thursday. Children between the ages of five and 13 are…
The big reveal
Much ado about Radio 4’s latest venture into the new smart world of aural selfies. Reaction Time, on Thursday mornings,…
The big reveal
Much ado about Radio 4’s latest venture into the new smart world of aural selfies. Reaction Time, on Thursday mornings,…
Terry’s all gold
For once, the superlatives that have greeted Terry Wogan’s death from cancer have been entirely in keeping with the man.…
Terry’s all gold
For once, the superlatives that have greeted Terry Wogan’s death from cancer have been entirely in keeping with the man.…
Lessons in the surreal
The new season of the Serial podcast (produced by the same team who make This American Life) was launched last…
Lessons in the surreal
The new season of the Serial podcast (produced by the same team who make This American Life) was launched last…
All in the mind
You don’t expect to be brought close to tears by the Reith Lectures, which are after all at the most…
All in the mind
You don’t expect to be brought close to tears by the Reith Lectures, which are after all at the most…
Chance encounters
Some might say that Jeremy Corbyn is cloth-eared, tone-deaf, socially inept but on Monday morning, as the death of the…
Chance encounters
Some might say that Jeremy Corbyn is cloth-eared, tone-deaf, socially inept but on Monday morning, as the death of the…
Good cop, bad cop
One of the most shocking items of recent news has been the bald statistic that the number of people shot…
Good cop, bad cop
One of the most shocking items of recent news has been the bald statistic that the number of people shot…
Aural wonderland
My resolution this New Year is to get to grips with podcasts, to brace up and embrace this new aural…
Aural wonderland
My resolution this New Year is to get to grips with podcasts, to brace up and embrace this new aural…
Radio is flowering because it’s so much more potent than TV
Who would have thought in this visually obsessed age of YouTube, selfies and Instagram that radio, pure audio, no images…
Radio is flowering because it’s so much more potent than TV
Who would have thought in this visually obsessed age of YouTube, selfies and Instagram that radio, pure audio, no images…
There will be blood
It was a stroke of genius to invite Glenda Jackson to make her return to acting as the star of…
There will be blood
It was a stroke of genius to invite Glenda Jackson to make her return to acting as the star of…
