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 […]
Dec
17
Should homosexuals face execution?
December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments
It’s a controversial question which cropped up yesterday here in the World Service.
Jul
16
Dub Colossus for the BBC
July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Dub Colossus are kind of like an Ethiopian supergroup. Tasty sounds and a nice bunch of folk . . .
Jul
2
BBC World Service wins again
July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
BBC World Service won the award for best radio feature at tonight’s Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards in London. There was good competition not least from The World Tonight’s Paul Moss, the BBC’s own Will Ross and even Capital FM.
Jun
5
MeltBrown…
June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
 It’s days like these that make quitting the world of Linux and non-pre-emptive NOS’ for the world of media so much fun . . .
May
12
Gold: World Service wins again
May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of news that UK audiences for the World Service are up, comes the news of The World Today’s gold at the Sony Radio awards.
Apr
27
Tetchy Twosome Target Trivial Type
April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
SET BLOW OWN TRUMPET = ON A wonderful piece of radio courtesy of my programme World Update. If you’ve ever looked aghast at the use of Comic Sans and wondered why then here is the place to go. Featuring Vincent Connare himself.
May
27
Badger signs off…
May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Eric Coulson is a milblogger writing from theatre inside Iraq. He’s consistently served up pithy insights from the front line and thanks to his regular appearances on the BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say and The World Today (and BBC domestic radio — about 18 months ago I got home, turned on Radio 4 […]