The Next Controller of BBC Radio 4
I have got to admit I didn’t really start listening to Radio 4 until I had left university and started to work there. I was amazed by the range of …
Voting Season
Voting Season Christmas is well and truly over and I’ve been spending quite a lot of time watching things in order to vote for awards. There is so much to …
Knowing Your Net Worth and Your Networks
I’ve been incredibly lucky in my career – I’ve always worked in interesting areas from radio to television. It’s an extremely competitive industry but I have always kept an wide …
RBG
Earlier this week I watched a preview of the documentary, RBG. It was a film about Ruth Bayer Ginsberg, currently a supreme court judge in the States. An extraordinary woman. …
Drama Fantastic
I feel as if I’ve been spoilt recently. Listening to Michelle Obama’s reading her book, Becoming, Maya Angelou’s autobiography, The Heart of a Woman and the comedy drama of The …
Why Sound Just Isn’t Rich Any More
I am one of those people who always has Radio 4 on in the background when I’m working from home. The different voices, tones and the pips is a good …
My Problem With Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old”.
My Problem with Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old”. I was eagerly anticipating Peter Jackson’s film on the soldiers of the First World War, The Great War. There had …