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The Thinking Allowed Newsletter: I'll never forget what's her name?
Ed's note: Thinking Allowed is on today on Radio 4 at 4pm and repeated on Sunday. All the listening options are listed at the end of this post - PM. Whenever I ran into my old friend Anthony, he was always racing between engagements. He was sorry, very sorry, but he simply had to ru...
Questions, Questions: Last in the series
In the last programme of the series Stewart Henderson got more than a little peckish when listener Edward Giles asked why bacon is the only thing to come in rashers and not slices. Food Historian Ivan Day cooked up some answers. Having had his fill of meaty morsels, Stewart was feeling like s...
The Osprey
Richard Thaxton, RSPB Scotland Site manager - Loch Garten, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, explains the importance of ospreys and how the site of the first pair to return to the UK has become a pilgrimage for nature lovers, changing the way we watch wildlife.
Shelagh Delaney on Radio 4 Extra
Shelagh Delaney in 1961 Originally from Salford, Shelagh Delaney was just 19 when her first play, A Taste of Honey, was first produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1958. It was an immediate sensation. Her funny, sharp dialogue, vivid characters, the uncompromising picture of youn...
Tracey Thorn: Bedsit Disco Queen
Tracey Thorn describes why she wrote her memoir, 'Bedsit Disco Queen' which takes in teenage diaries and punk, the resilience of her 30-year relationship with Ben Watt, pop star success, and giving it all up for motherhood.
Afternoon Play: The 40 Year Twitch by Daniel Thurman
The producer of The 40 Year Twitch Toby Swift writes: "Daniel Thurman is a talented young writer whose work often 'finds rich humour in the seemingly mundane' (Radio Times). And it is a 'seemingly mundane' relationship that Daniel explores to great effect in his new comic play. And to make it ev...
Winter Exercise: Role playing for nuclear war
Docudrama Winter Exercise examines a secret government Cold War drill. where senior civil servants role-played the Cabinet as it tried to deal with an imagined nuclear crisis.
Noise: A Human History - Week 5
Cheryl Tipp, curator of natural sounds at the British Library, previews the fifth week of Noise: A Human History.
The New Elizabethans: Goldie
Editor's note: Nominations for The New Elizabethans were sent in by Radio 4 listeners and then a panel of experts decided on the final list. Radio 4 broadcast profiles of the New Elizabethans daily (Mon-Fri) at 12.45pm. Here, Pete Tong gives a personal view of the contribution he believes Goldi...
When I'm 65 on You and Yours
Editor's note: As part of the new BBC season, When I'm 65, Radio 4's You and Yours has been focussing on covering some of the issues around ageing in the UK today. Here, Ben Toone from the show picks out some highlights. PM The season certainly opened my eyes to the issues affect...
Noise: A Human History – Week 6 – A world full of noise
Dr Janet Topp Fargion, lead curator of world and traditional music at the British Library, previews the final week of Noise: A Human History.
London: World City?
Editor's note: Tony Travers is Director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics and a contributor to Radio 4's London: Another Country. Here, he responds to this morning's #GreatestCity debate with a short essay about London's status as a 'world city' - SB London can ...
Book at Beachtime: Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope
Editor's note: You can catch up with each episode of the Radio 4 Extra adaptation of Daughters-in-Law on the website for seven days after it's first broadcast. I am always thrilled to bits to have a novel of mine serialised on the radio. I don't know if it's generational, but there'...
Pinocchio in Surround Sound
Simon Tuff, Principal Technologist for BBC Audion and Music Technology Team explains the different file formats available for Radio 4's Satuday Drama, Pinocchio.
On the fourth plinth
Editor's note. When Margie Tunbridge wrote to Radio 4 asking for a flag to unfurl on the fourth plinth we leapt at the chance. Here she writes about the experience - SB Like nearly every other Plinther I like Gormley's work (did he know he had so many fans?) - I've seen the Field for the Britis...
