World Wise Web: the radio show that unleashes teenage interviewers on tech pioneers
It might sound like a gimmick, but this is a powerfully valid approach to conversations about technology.
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The BBC’s year-long celebration of Beethoven
Every other week the station will be dedicated to the composer’s music, life and world.
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It’s a boom time for rats, as those of us who live on boats already know
Along the mooring of boats where I live, the conversation these days is near-exclusively of rats.
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How policing Desert Island Discs became a national tradition
Lauren Laverne is just the latest presenter to be condemned upon taking over the Radio 4 institution.
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The best radio shows of Christmas 2019
There’s a chill and melancholy running through the best of the seasonal radio. Horatio Clare’s exceptional three-part piece of “slow radio”,…
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The best podcasts of 2019
The Daily, New York Times Everything from impeachment to a romantic investigation of a royal family living in the jungle. Brexitcast/Electioncast/Reflectioncast, BBC…
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Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures had me struggling to stay awake
Midway through the 2019 Reith Lectures. Must stay focused. This year’s speaker is the former Supreme Court justice, QC Lord…
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BBC Radio Four’s old fashioned, unsparing series of essays on the 1970s
A series of essays on the 1970s sounded best when talking about Richard Nixon’s demise (5 April, 1:45pm). I never…
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