Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2013
Posts (21)
Tweet of The Day
Michaela Strachan presents Tweet of the Day from 1 August. Here Michaela shares her love of birds, with a look ahead to some of this month's Tweets.
Feminine Mystiques: In thrall to glamour - the story behind Mink
Fifty years since the first publication of Betty Friedan's seminal feminist work The Feminine Mystique, Radio 4 has commissioned three leading writers to celebrate her influence in new short stories exploring the contemporary feminist landscape. Marina Warner explains the inspiration behind her ...
The Radio 4 Quiz: Whose voice does Stephen Hawking speak with?
Whose voice does Stephen Hawking speak with? How did comedian Mel Smith almost have the entire Edinburgh festival shut down? And how could Churchill be compared to a child?
Woman's Hour - Guest Presenters in August 2013
Alice Feinstein, Editor of Radio 4's Woman's Hour, discusses the three guest presenters - Victoria Derbyshire, Kirstie Allsopp and Kate Mosse – that will stand in for Jane Garvey over August 2013 while Jane is occupied with Radio 4's new Summer Nights series.
Feedback: Disappearing Interviewees
Roger Bolton on this week's Feedback, which includes an interview with Andy Bocking, technology controller for BBC Journalism about the concerns of a number of listeners about a particularly bad case of disappearing interviewees on the Today programme.
Radio 4 Quiz: Russell Brand's taxidermied celeb, abandoned dogs and other questions
Which taxidermied celebrity would Russell Brand take on his desert island as his luxury item? How long does an abandoned dog take to bond to the first person who's nice to it?
Feedback: Discussing Reflections with Lord Peter Hennessy
Peter Hennessy discusses the art of the political interview with Feedback's Roger Bolton. His new series 'Reflections' on Radio 4 sees Hennessy discussing public and personal life with some of the most high-profile politicians of the second half of the twentieth century.
Radio 4 Quiz: Why does Sarah Lund wear THAT jumper?
What's the significance of Sarah Lund's Nordic knitwear in The Killing? What were Michael Palin's careers advisor's expectations for his future career? Find the answers in the Radio 4 Quiz.
Book at Beachtime: Red Joan
The inspiration for Red Joan came from the story of Melita Norwood, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving Cold War spy, at the age of 87.
Feedback: The Archers and Ambridge Extra
Roger Bolton puts listener frustrations about Ambridge Extra to the commissioning editor for drama on Radio 4 and 4 Extra Jeremy Howe.
