It occurred to me the other day just how many passionate radio folk also have an unhealthy interest in public transport. There's clearly a good reason why we both have 'stations' and 'platforms'. A talented colleague, poised to book a fascinating trip of disused Tube stations, …
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S Reith did not invent the phrase ‘inform, educate, entertain ’, I learnt from today's BBC's Charter review proposal documen t. I really like facts like that. No, it was clever old David Sarnoff, the founder of commercial radio in the US. He wrote that its function was “entertaining, info…
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Bridlesmith Gate lies at the heart of Nottingham's fashionable quarter. Jack Wills nestles near to Diesel; Flannels close to Ted Baker; and Paul Smith's quaint original shop lives on just a stone's throw away. Number 4 Bridlesmith Gate stands towards the St. Peters' Gate end of th…
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My old man is 94. He loves his mobile phone and his iPad; and merrily plays Olly Murs loudly from YouTube. He banks online. He's not old-fashioned. And he says he doesn't feel old. Whilst he likes Olly and Leona Lewis; he also enjoys Doris Day and the harmonies of the Beach Boys. Whilst …
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I like to sleep. Give me some sunlight; a small pool like a cat or dog would find indoors on a hazy, cold winter’s day with the sun creeping into the room through the cold glass of a frosted window. Give me some sunlight; in a garden, on a station platform, anywhere in February in India with a su…
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Roger Mosey is a chap you'd certainly want to meet. He witnessed what the Queen might have called the BBC's 'annus horribilis'. Savile, Newsnight et al. His perspective of that hugely challenging spell is thoroughly illuminating; and offers insight into how it must have felt deep in…
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It's the only mug I never drink out of. Such happy red and blue adolescent memories, brought back by the best radio logo in the World. The Radio 1 Thunderbirds logo. To me, that earthenware mug is worth more than a piece of Clarice Cliff. Not all radio station merchandising ends up being quite…
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