Leigh Chambers present the fortnightly show featuring Cambridge-based writers. This edition's studio guest is Natasha Pulley. Her debut novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street received rave reviews, The Times HES calling it ‘a brilliant novel in which fantasy punctuates history’. She talks to us about blending fact and fiction, researching … [Read more...]
Cambridge African Film Festival
The first show since the Cambridge Film Festival features reviews of new releases Life, Everest and The Visit. Plus we begin our coverage of this year's Cambridge African Film Festival by talking to its director, Estrella Sendra. And we talk to the filmmakers behind soon to be family film favourite, Bill. Toby Miller is host, joined this week by … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Elliot Porter
Elliot Porter is on the brink of an international distribution deal for his Keep Going EP. He talks to Julian about his plans to raise the cash through crowdfunding. … [Read more...]
Best of the Guests 21/09/2015
Leigh is joined by guest, George Breakfast who talks about a Benefit Evening for the Jean Gove Trust, a Cambridge based charity dedicated to supporting schools in Ethiopia; Liz Barker chats to Mike James from the Centre for Computing History;Matt Webb looked ahead to the Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Mornings taking place around the city in the … [Read more...]
Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Highlights – 26/09/15
Brian O'Reilly and Matt Webb bring you coverage of Cambridge 105's annual World's Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support, live from our Gwydir Street studios. Featuring interviews with musician Melody Causton, Cambridge's former MP Julian Huppert and the Mayor of Cambridge Cllr Robert Dryden judging the best baked-cake competition. … [Read more...]
Gadget Guide – DAB Digital Radio
Rob Chipperfield & Lawrence Micallef explain the advantages of moving to DAB Digital Radio … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Council Houses
As Cambridge City Council seeks to fill a £6 million funding gap in its housing budget, Kevin Price, Executive Councillor for Housing, tells Julian why the council can no longer afford to build new council houses. … [Read more...]