Monday, 30 April 2012

Honk if you love Jazz

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It is, apparently, International Jazz Day.   Why jazz needs an International Day, I have no idea.   But lots of things have National and In...
Sunday, 29 April 2012

Really Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

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Because my life is sometimes so exciting, from time to time I find myself sitting in my armchair in my slippers reading my Radio Times , wit...
Monday, 16 April 2012

The 1970s were a Bad Thing—A BAD THING—whatever Dominic Sandbrook may say.

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So, a few afternoons ago I was sitting in my armchair reading my Radio Times , with my cup of tea and my toasted tea cake to hand, and my sl...
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Saturday, 17 March 2012

Rick Santorum is not a Puritan. Nor is Rush Limbaugh.

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There are certain common historical misconceptions that really drive me round the bend.   I know they shouldn’t, but they do.   One of them...
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The Amazing Adventures of Clunk: a postmodern superhero story

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Back in 2002, in the early days of the wideworldinterweb, when people still paid attention to Friends Reunited and other cave paintings, som...
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Britain *ALREADY HAS* a Bill of Rights! (Yes, apparently, it really is necessary to shout.)

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BBC Radio 4 is a radio station that considers itself informed and informative, a bastion of the Reithian educational mission of Auntie Beeb....
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Tony Blair: Regrets, I've had a few... or one anyway, and it's a shocker.

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Some time late last week Tony Blair was on the radio for some reason that I cannot now remember.   I’ve tried to find the interview on the T...