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It was not unexpected news to read of Global Radio’s changes - those regulatory sands shifted many moons ago. Most Global people I have spoken to in recent months have been resigned to imminent change: true professionals facing their futures philosophically. Going on-air stoically each day in the l…

Tribute Portraits of a  Dozen Pioneering Women  in British Radio 1. Delia Derbyshire – early electronic sound synthesist "My most beautiful sound at the time was a tatty green BBC lampshade," she recalled. "It was the wrong colour, but it had a beautiful ringing sound to it. I hit th…

Ah, the British corner shop. My mum used to hand me a crumpled ten-shilling note and send me to the one at the end of our road to fetch three rashers of bacon and ten Park Drive Tipped. As I pushed open the red door, a bell would ring – and little Mrs Cooper would pop up behind a little counter and…