On Mandy's Garden Shed this month there's more drama on the allotment in the wake of Storm Imogen! as Mandy and Nicola access the damage. And Mandy gets a guided tour of a special garden in Grantchester designed by Chelsea gold medal winner Marney Hall. … [Read more...]
Rock Lit – Brian Wilson’s Surf’s Up
Alan Alder takes a tour around music blogs and online ‘zines. We hear the evolution of Brian Wilson’s Surf’s Up from 1967 to 2004, and the surprising connection between the songs Bo Diddley and Mockingbird and their link to pre-civil war West African slaves. There’s a wide variety of music amongst the 16 tracks we feature. Some new, some old … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – #CambsNotSpotter
#CambsNotSpotter is a new initiative hopes to pinpoint the parts of Cambridgeshire where mobile or broadband access is particularly difficult. Julian met Faye Holland, the chair of the Connecting Cambridge Group. … [Read more...]
Rainbow Radio 06/03/2016
The LGBT show for Cambridge with Becs Manning and Sally Wyatt talking about LGBT history month, gender diversity and the challenges of Mothers Day for those LGBT. … [Read more...]
Radio Dante 05/03/2016
Feeling nostalgic about the Carnival period? You didn't get the chance to taste some delicious frittelle, or to admire the amazing Venetian masks? Then join Daniele and Lavinia for an episode full of coriandoli and music! Presented by Daniele Trivellone and Lavinia Amenduni … [Read more...]
105 Breakfast with Neil & Linda – Dunkirk School
Neil Whiteside & Linda Ness travel to Dunkirk where they meet Rory Fox, the Cambridge-based head, who's set up the Edlumino organisation to provide education to the displaced children at the refugee camps in Dunkirk. … [Read more...]
Flavour – Pint Shop, Radmore Farmshop & Botanic Garden Library
This week we hear about the Pint Shop's new venture, producing its very own beer, as well as the three events it's promoting at this year's Eat Cambridge Festival. Radmore Farmshop (pictured) is also at Eat Cambridge, we hear more. Did you know there is a library in the middle of Cambridge's Botanic Garden? In it are books for the growers of fruit … [Read more...]