Radio
The human factor
‘He was a natural broadcaster,’ said Nick Higham, after the death last week of the rugby player and sports broadcaster…
Stoppard territory
How many listeners, I wonder, actually tuned in to Darkside as it went out on air on Radio 2, after…
Eavesdropping
It must have sounded like such a great idea. To gather a group of thinkers, agitators, experts, intellectuals and media…
Speed limit
Of course there’s a future for digital radio, it’s just that we’ll probably be listening to it online, or on…
Digital dilemma
Will digital radio ever really take off? We were supposed to be switching over to digital-only reception in 2015 (three…
A different truth
Every so often a programme comes along that completely alters the way you think about something you thought you understood.…
Celebrity triumphs
The licence fee is both a blessing and a curse for the BBC. The clue is in that nickname —…
Bedtime stories
It had begun to look as if Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime had been taken over by the zealous publicity-hungry…
Glorious moments
Out and about in Surrey on Sunday I happened upon a scene that could have been played out 77 years…
Touching the void
One morning in 1995 Tara Bariana walked out of his house in Walsall and didn’t stop walking until he had…
