Mar
24
World Have Your Say — Top 5 moments
March 24, 2017 | 1 Comment
I first heard of World Have Your Say towards the end of 2006 when an application to the BBC’s work experience web site was answered with an e-Mail asking if I’d be interested in doing a couple of weeks on WHYS. I was pretty pleased with that. Leaving an IT career for a journalism degree […]
Nov
20
Rediscovered track of the month: Nov ’16
November 20, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Leonard Cohen, Everybody Knows
Oct
18
Rediscovered track of the month: Oct ’16
October 18, 2016 | Leave a Comment
The Rolling Stones, The Harlem Shuffle
Sep
6
Rediscovered track of the month: Sep ’16
September 6, 2016 | 1 Comment
Manic Street Preachers, A Design for Life
Jun
24
EU Referendum 2016
June 24, 2016 | Leave a Comment
WRITTEN BEFORE THE EU REFERENDUM ON June 23rd 2016 My last attempt at predicting a vote was a dismal failure. But this time I’ve been out and about and speaking to people a bit more than in 2015. Having just spent 4 days in Edinburgh with the indefatigable World Service UK correspondent Rob Watson […]
Nov
8
Rediscovered track of the month: Nov ’13
November 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment
ELO — Livin’ Thing
Aug
2
RIP Dennis Farina
August 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment
RIP Dennis Farina, as usual these days I’m way late on my entertainment news and it was a shock to see he’d died. Farina was a pleasurable sight on screen and one of those actors who give you that safe feeling where you know what you’re going to get and invariably it was entertaining. He […]
Feb
13
Drive Thru No More
February 13, 2013 | 1 Comment
Sad news folks, the Drive Thru surf films are over. No more to come. I got this from Sybil at Poor Specimen just today: Hi Paul,They are officially finished! Thank you for your blog post! Sybil Such a shame they never managed a UK Drive Thru. If you’re interested in my take on these wonderful […]