What's it like to work at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck? How does a wine taster keep their palate fresh and can you do the same? Why is the world's bee population declining? Do food bloggers get noticed by publishers? This edition of Flavour is a best of 2012, plus Tom Lewis joins us in the studio to talk about whiskies for Burns … [Read more...]
Bums On Seats 05/01/2013
The first show of 2013 is playing catch up with some of seasonal film releases, with reviews of the epic THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, Tom Cruise beating up the bad guys as JACK REACHER, Anna Kendrick singing up a storm in PITCH PERFECT and Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's LIFE OF PI. Plus Sarah McIntosh investigates FLICKER: ARTISTS … [Read more...]
Sunday Breakfast: Best of the Guests 2012
In his last Sunday Breakfast, Julian Clover looks back at a year of guests. The programme features conversation from Cambridge mayors Ian Nimmo Smith and Sheila Stuart, filmmaker Colin Stephens, wrestler Yasmin Lander, musicians Elliot Porter and Nick Bloom, and Sainsbury's boss Justin King. … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats 22/12/12
The last show of 2012 takes a deep breath and attempts to squeeze in cinema's past 12 months by choosing its favourite films of the year. Six reviewers countdown the 12 films that Bums On Seats feels were the highlights of the year. Will bruising French drama battle off superheroes? How did Bela Tarr fare against Ted? Is there a place for the … [Read more...]
Flavour 22/12/12
In this festive edition of Flavour The Cambridge Wine Blogger Tom Lewis discusses English fizz and Anne Prince talks about her book Independent Cambridge. There's a review of the food ideas in today's quality press, local and national food news (a new feature), plenty of Christmas music – and we find out what Cambridge's food sellers and producers … [Read more...]
The Kipper the Cat Show 18/12/12
It's Sax and the Kitty on the Kipper the Cat show in 15 minutes as Kipper gets Greg and Darren to dig out a selection of their very best 78rpm gramophone records that feature the saxophone. So expect some great early R&B, jazz, swing, rock and roll and records at the genesis of soul. … [Read more...]
Sunday Breakfast: Christmas Movies
Toby Miller reviews the Sunday Papers, then tells Julian Clover about the Bums on Seats' film choice of 2012, and gives his suggestions for some Christmas movie viewing. … [Read more...]