Celebrating 100 years of radio drama My Top Ten sitcom & comedy drama series BBC Radio 4 celebrates 100 years of audio drama . The BBC, an early pioneer of the form, and today the biggest broadcaster of audio drama globally. The three magic ingredients: the best writers, the funniest scripts, the best voices … Read More One hundred years of BBC radio drama
I was lucky to catch this exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, before it closed. It’s hard to believe that this fantastic display, which fitted the gallery space so well, is a mobile exhibition. To be boxed up and moved to another venue. The most striking thing as you entered, was one wall completely… Read More The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists
‘Be happy with those who are happy, and cry with those who are crying.’ Romans 12:15 April 1911 Kingsbury Street, Calne, Wiltshire The Rev. R. G. Wheeler, minister of Calne Free Church, knocked on the front door of the Tounson Almshouses, the heavy brass knocker sending vibrations along the terrace of eight, two-roomed… Read More A Man for All Seasons
WINNER First prize in SWWJ – Society of Women Writers and Journalists, Flash Story competition – 500 words. Judge: Celia Anderson Thrilled to hear that I won the competition, having decided to enter a humorous story which seems to be one of the reasons why my story was chosen. I know I… Read More Five good things about 2024 – so far
You never know when your left-over research work will come in handy for another job. You may have read, a few months ago, about the discovery of a rare Georgian ‘cold bath’ under the floor of the Assembly Rooms, Bath. During the excavation work in the basement, carried out by Wessex Archaeology, tons of rubble… Read More Cold Bathing in Bath
The Madiba Shirt She gently folds the shirt, checking inch by inch stitch and seam, to see that it is perfect, then swaddling it in tissue paper, and tenderly lifts her baby, into its cardboard cot. An air kiss. Lid on. Ribbon tied. She will deliver it. Like a midwife, she will present her baby to… Read More The Madiba Shirt
