radio

Happy 50th birthday Youssou N'Dour from loiswakeman 11 days old

A treat for world music fans that I caught in the wee small hours on the BBC World Service: an interview with the immensely charming and (I think) talented ...

Sauce for the goose... from loiswakeman 38 days old

The radio news is full of MPs bleating about how unfair it is that the rules on reasonable expenses have been changed after the fact. It's called retrospective ...

Hurry - your last chance to hear... from loiswakeman 87 days old

the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain at the Proms. I only just came across this little gem last night - and am listening again, again. Forget George ...

Poetry - please! from loiswakeman 311 days old

If you have the time in the next few days, I do urge you to listen again to the interview with Jen Hadfield, winner of this year's TS Eliot Prize, on ...

78, not out from loiswakeman 393 days old

Listening to Today on the radio this morning, I was brought up short. Nicola Stanbridge was interviewing Andy Walter about EMI's "bizarre" world music ...

A little piece of heaven from loiswakeman 515 days old

[ ... ] your DAB radio into Birdsong: a loop of recorded birdsong from a garden in Wiltshire. Instant calm, bliss and reduction in blood pressure - just the ...

Flogging a dead horse from loiswakeman 601 days old

[ ... ] on the radio. Dear God. For a real treat, listen to the infamous leg over incident from Test Match Special - click the audio clip next to the ...

A load of old parabolics from loiswakeman 633 days old

One of the pleasures of Sunday afternoons in my pottery is listening to Open Book - one of Radio 4's better literary efforts. Presented by the wonderfully ...

Exploding trees - sheesh from loiswakeman 673 days old

The Today programme on BBC Radio 4 had me spluttering into my tea this morning, with news of a new genus of palm recently identified in Madagascar by ...

Carols old and new from loiswakeman 691 days old

I don't normally listen very closely to the broadcast church service on Radio 4 on Sunday morning, but today's was interesting as well as tuneful. Coming ...