Radio
Grayson Perry is an inspired choice for the Reith Lectures
You’ve probably already read or heard somewhere that the inspiration for Grayson Perry’s current series of Reith Lectures on Radio…
Come over here, Tom Stoppard
David Blackburn talks to Gwyneth Williams,who wants to revitalise Radio 4’s coverage of the arts
Last week's all-female Today proved women make for a more uplifting show
Boy, we’ve had to wait a long time for this. But last Thursday morning something unusual happened on Radio 4;…
Sometimes Radio 3 tries to be too clever by half
Why are we still listening to the radio in 2013, to an outdated technology that has hardly changed in manufacture…
Autumn shake-up in Radios 2 and 3 scheduling
This time round in the autumn shake-up of the schedules it’s Radios 2 and 3 who are on the frontline…
Immigrant songs: Radio 2's My Country, My Music
Five women, five very different stories of arriving in the UK, often unwillingly and always alone. How did they cope…
Farewell to a natural born broadcaster
‘He was a natural broadcaster,’ said Nick Higham, after the death last week of the rugby player and sports broadcaster…
Tom Stoppard’s Pink Floyd play gives Radio 2 a dark side
How many listeners, I wonder, actually tuned in to Darkside as it went out on air on Radio 2, after…
Only Evan Davies can keep his guests in order
It must have sounded like such a great idea. To gather a group of thinkers, agitators, experts, intellectuals and media…
Kate Chisholm connects to her inner tortoise
Of course there’s a future for digital radio, it’s just that we’ll probably be listening to it online, or on…
A bearded, medallion-wielding, miniature puppet won’t persuade us to go digital
Will digital radio ever really take off? We were supposed to be switching over to digital-only reception in 2015 (three…
Lenny Henry’s tear-jerker
Every so often a programme comes along that completely alters the way you think about something you thought you understood.…
The BBC bows to celebrity
The licence fee is both a blessing and a curse for the BBC. The clue is in that nickname —…
Radio review: At last! A proper Book at Bedtime
It had begun to look as if Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime had been taken over by the zealous publicity-hungry…
Radio review: Malcolm Gladwell’s masterclass on listening
Out and about in Surrey on Sunday I happened upon a scene that could have been played out 77 years…
Radio review: Rambling across Europe and into Asia with Tara Bariana and Clare Balding
One morning in 1995 Tara Bariana walked out of his house in Walsall and didn’t stop walking until he had…
