The other morning I did something unusual. I left the house to walk to the train station without putting in my earphones. For me, this is rare. My normal routine has me loading up a podcast within seconds of shutting the front door. I then listen to that for the first 30-odd minutes of my commute, before switching to music […]
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Why ‘Call The Midwife’ continues its reign as the subversive heart of the BBC
The BBC is under attack from many sides in 2020. With the arrival of a sizeable Conservative majority, rumours abound that the Government wants to do away with the public licence fee. Meanwhile, in an effort to cut costs, redundancies and programme culling has been announced – the most high-profile being the Victoria Derbyshire Show. There are also those (from […]
Read moreWhy a story beats facts every time
I’ve been reading – and been thoroughly blown away by – Richard Powers’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory* this January. It interweaves the stories of nine different people who become linked as a result of a natural catastrophe – it’s very much a story of our time, but I was struck by the following quote contained within. “The best arguments […]
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