Radio

Jarvis Cocker: contrived or beguiling?

Going underground

25 March 2017 9:00 am

When Wireless Nights hit the Radio 4 airwaves in the spring of 2012, I was not at all sure about…

A matter of life and death

18 March 2017 9:00 am

It was the crime story that showed us just how much China has changed since its years of social, political…

Keeping the faith

11 March 2017 9:00 am

Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…

Keeping the faith

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…

Keeping the faith

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…

All in the mind

4 March 2017 9:00 am

At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…

All in the mind

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…

All in the mind

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…

Olden but golden

25 February 2017 9:00 am

This weekend Brian Matthew will present his last-ever Sounds of the 60s show on Radio 2. Now 88, he’s been…

Olden but golden

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

This weekend Brian Matthew will present his last-ever Sounds of the 60s show on Radio 2. Now 88, he’s been…

Olden but golden

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

This weekend Brian Matthew will present his last-ever Sounds of the 60s show on Radio 2. Now 88, he’s been…

Olden but golden

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

This weekend Brian Matthew will present his last-ever Sounds of the 60s show on Radio 2. Now 88, he’s been…

School children listen to a radio broadcast given by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in 2014

United nations

18 February 2017 9:00 am

The Indian Prime Minister has twigged something that President Trump has yet to understand. On Monday, celebrated as World Radio…

School children listen to a radio broadcast given by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in 2014

United nations

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

The Indian Prime Minister has twigged something that President Trump has yet to understand. On Monday, celebrated as World Radio…

School children listen to a radio broadcast given by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in 2014

United nations

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

The Indian Prime Minister has twigged something that President Trump has yet to understand. On Monday, celebrated as World Radio…

Rules of engagement

11 February 2017 9:00 am

The BBC foreign correspondent Hugh Sykes was meant to be talking about how music has shaped his life with Sarah…

Rules of engagement

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

The BBC foreign correspondent Hugh Sykes was meant to be talking about how music has shaped his life with Sarah…

Rules of engagement

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

The BBC foreign correspondent Hugh Sykes was meant to be talking about how music has shaped his life with Sarah…

Sign of the times

4 February 2017 9:00 am

As if on cue, The World At One on Monday (Radio 4) ended with a short (too short) interview with…

Sign of the times

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

As if on cue, The World At One on Monday (Radio 4) ended with a short (too short) interview with…

Sign of the times

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

As if on cue, The World At One on Monday (Radio 4) ended with a short (too short) interview with…

Accentuate the positive

28 January 2017 9:00 am

How does a town like Hungerford, tucked into the Berkshire hills, with its sleepy canal running through it and high…

Accentuate the positive

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

How does a town like Hungerford, tucked into the Berkshire hills, with its sleepy canal running through it and high…

Accentuate the positive

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

How does a town like Hungerford, tucked into the Berkshire hills, with its sleepy canal running through it and high…

Spot the ball

21 January 2017 9:00 am

The purest form of radio is probably sports commentating, creating pictures in the mind purely through language so that by…