PAUL SAFFER on the short-lived predecessor of BBC Radio 5 Live that nurtured a generation of stars. Continue reading
Category Archives: Media
Decade: Off Menu (2019)
Podcasts were meant to be better than this, weren’t they? asks FINLAY McLAREN. Continue reading
‘Cathedrals are cathedrals’: the first 25 years of TalkSport
From Caesar the Geezer to Covid, via the Two Mikes and the mighty H&J, ALWYN TURNER celebrates TalkSport radio. Continue reading
Maxwell v Murdoch: the birth of a feud
Foreign ownership of a UK paper? It’s time to remember Murdoch, Maxwell and the News of the World, says PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Desperately seeking…
Some personal ads from porn mags of the 1970s and ’80s. lovingly selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Seven-year itch
ALWYN TURNER attempts to identify social trends via the medium of online pornography. Continue reading
‘What is the BBC for?’
Sachsgate, Kittengate, the Queen ‘losing it’ – the BBC had a difficult few years, reflects ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Old Faithful (& other 1970s sex aids)
ALWYN TURNER shares some letters from Forum magazine in 1970. Expect honey, steak and vacuum cleaners. Continue reading
An unlikely morning star
PAUL SAFFER remembers the unlikely media career of Derek Jameson. Do we mean him? We surely do. Continue reading
PS. Maxwell, the Eye & the Informer
PAUL SAFFER adds a footnote to the story of Robert Maxwell suing Private Eye – and finds himself in a parallel universe. Continue reading
The strange case of Robert Maxwell & the Evil Eye
Robert Maxwell celebrated his famous defeat of Private Eye with a commemorative book. PAUL SAFFER enjoys the irony. Continue reading
Lenin on the goalpost
Long before the 2018 World Cup, a Radio 4 sitcom explored the links between Russia and football, says PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
