Tim Willett sits in for Julian Clover and welcomes Stephen Hider to the studio. Stephen is fundraising for Arthur Rank Hospice by running the London marathon with a bin strapped on to his back! Why? Because he's a binman by day. Stephen is also dying his beard a different colour each month to further raise funds. You can find Stephen on Facebook … [Read more...]
Radio Dante 31/01/2015
This week the team heads to Naples to meet Totò, one of the greatest Italian comedians ever. Join us on a journey through his films and his songs, sunshine and pizza! Stay tuned till the end to discover the identity of today's personality. … [Read more...]
Underdog 02/02/2015
This week we have brand new music from Death Cab For Cutie, Toro Y Moi and Gengahr, some great album tracks fromViet Cong and Pinkshinyultrablast, plus the return of Mew, a new sound and direction from Title Fight, Label news for Best Friends, plus newbies from Sundara Karma, Lusts and a special birthday track to close. … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: Fairport Convention, Fifty Shades of Grey, Testament of Youth and Shirley Williams
Fairport Convention, Fifty Shades of Grey, Testament of Youth and Shirley Williams are all featured on the February edition of The Eclectic Light Show. Mandy & Nicola have a special interview with Fairport's Simon Nicol on the first ten years of the band's history. We review Testament of Youth with Baroness Shirley Williams, plus a profile on … [Read more...]
Rendez-vous à Bobo: Hannah Oghene
Lucas Keen visits the Changing Spaces gallery, where he meets Hannah Oghene. She talks about raising the profile of art and galleries in Nigeria, plus Afrobeat music old and new, a song from Mali discouraging smoking, and news of Trio Da Kali who bring Sahelian soul to The Cambridge Junction on February 21. … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats: Kingsman, Wild & The Gambler
Today’s show offers a full hour of film and slot reviews, with the Top 7 Movie Slots, the Chipping Norton set of spies of Kingsman: The Secret Service, the roaming Reece Witherspoon of Wild, the sweating Wahlberg of The Gambler, and the duplicitous Oscar Isaacs of A Most Violent Year and Ex Machina all under consideration. Mark Liversidge … [Read more...]
Polish Waves 01/02/2015
Bringing Polish culture closer to the wonderful community of Cambridge: a portion of news and entertainment, lavishly seasoned with specially selected music. Presented by Błażej Mikuła, Maciej Pawlikowski, Basia & Chris Hubbard, and Sebastian Lesniewski. … [Read more...]