Mar
2
Newshour Brief Generator
March 2, 2026 | Leave a Comment
Type in your top line and what you want from the interview and hit “generate brief”. For “WHAT DO WE WANT FROM THIS INTERVIEW” be as fully descriptive as you can. Don’t be lazy e.g. “We want analysis” . . try harder. E.g. something like “We want to interview someone with extensive experience of global […]
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 […]