This month 21st Century Women discusses the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with Dr Deborah Thom, we hear from 14 year old Jess Hawkins who donated her long hair to the Princess Trust and we follow the varied career of Frances Reid from the BBC to bread maker. … [Read more...]
Bookmark: Miranda Doyle
Miranda Doyle talks to presenter Leigh Chambers about her astonishing memoir A Book of Untruths, which recounts her upbringing and family life through the lies her parents told their children and each other. We also hear from railway enthusiast Rob Shorland-Ball on writing the definitive book about Cambridge train station. And Margaret Creek from … [Read more...]
Gadget Guide: Ditching the landline
Rob Chipperfield and Lawrence Micallef discuss the options for dropping your landline in favour of internet-based telephony. … [Read more...]
Cambridge man who became lost in Kashmir
Cambridge-based carpenter Alex Magilton tells Suzie how he and a group of skiers got lost in the disputed border zone between India and Pakistan. They’re joined by journalist Mike Scialom who broke the story in the Cambridge Independent. … [Read more...]
New Music Generator: Lunar Echoes
Tim Willett introduces new music from Mallory Knox, The Catch, BAILEY, Elizabeth & Jameson, Eira Bailey and HUNTAR. He's joined in the studio by Ronnie, Mark, Ben Taylor and Ben Nunn from Lunar Echoes who perform a live acoustic session. They stick around for the results of this week's Unsigned Chart and there's a look at the weekends gigs as well … [Read more...]
Drive previews City Roots
Cambridge Live's David O'Hara is in the studio with news of City Roots, which runs for the next two weeks. … [Read more...]
Cambridge Sustainable Food campaign to keep compostable waste out of landfill
Sam Dyer joins Suzie to talk about Food Waste: Sort it out, the Cambridge Sustainable Food campaign that's trying to encourage students to reduce their food waste to keep compostable and biodegradable waste out of landfill. … [Read more...]