Sarah McIntosh, Short Film and Submissions Co-ordinator for the Festival talks us through the films screening in the two packages from Film Hub Central East - the BFI led organisation that looks after the East of England. those two packages are 'Documentaries' and "shorts". We also talk to three "shorts" filmmakers: the directors of Stockholm - … [Read more...]
New Music Generator: Kermode Spirit
Tim Willett introduces new music releases from Cody Pennington, Motor Tapes (Too Cool Kid Remix), Parkside, Lunacre, Cab Dryver and Ben Smith.The studio guests are John Chisham and Sam Juniper from Kermode Spirit and the Unsigned Chart finds a home for both new entries from The British IBM and All We Earthlings. The next episode airs on 16th … [Read more...]
New Music Generator: Homegrown Festival Highlights
Highlights from Homegrown Music Festival 2015 including stage sets from HARD ACTORS, Motor Tapes, The Abstracts, Polar Collective, Shaun Colwill and Dale Bennett as well as studio interviews with Melody Causton and The Staycations. Hosted by Julian Clover, Neil Whiteside & Leigh Last. Homegrown Festival Highlights 2015 by Cambridge 105 on … [Read more...]
Cambridge Film Festival – Lech Majewski
Cambridge Film Festival programmer Bill Lawrence has a knack for programming the stranger of the international films on show. This year he's handled the Lech Majewski season, film recent films from the Polish director, with the director himself visiting for the whole strand. … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Zero Waste Week
City Council Leader Lewis Herbert explains the importance to Cambridge of Zero Waste Week and Julian gets some practical examples from Recycling and Waste Communications Officer Izabela Obiye. … [Read more...]
Cambridge Film Festival: Poached
In the latest of our interviews from the 35th Cambridge Film Festival Mark Liversidge speaks to Timothy Wheeler, who rather brought the Cambridge Film Festival to a halt Monday when he premiered his documentary Poached. Poached looks into the Hidden Britain of rare bird egg collecting, a childhood pursuit that has become a dangerous and illegal … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show – Kate Bush & Agatha Christie
Thirty years ago this month, Kate Bush released her Hounds of Love album. Nicola explores the album and the singer's motivation and recalls last year's series of concerts. Agatha Christie started writing her first book a hundred years ago. Her biographer Laura Thompson discusses with Mandy the significance of Christie's work and her personal life … [Read more...]