Tim Willett and Julian Clover present a week of interviews from the 105 Drive programme. In this week's podcast Tim speaks to Flash Jordan and Troublerock from the Sin Cru hip-hop arts organisation. In the latest Alzheimer's UK interview, ahead of The Big Walk Rosemary Westwell tells Tim about her book John, Dementia and Me. Julian learns … [Read more...]
New Music Generator: The Simpletone
Tim Willett presents Cambridge 105′s flagship show dedicated to unsigned and local music. In this episode Tim plays music from Freds House, The Hot Lights, Will Clark, Mirror Signal, Cab Dryver, Annie Dressner & Ben McCarthy. Jonny, Craig and Glenn from The Simpletone popped in for a chat following their win at the Cambridge Band Competition, … [Read more...]
105 Breakfast Replay: 19/04/2013
Neil, Lottie and Julie present the week's highlights from 105 Breakfast. This week Lisa Thompson came into the studio to talk about the Royston in Blue 5K walk; developer Rachel Carroll and artist Jennifer Tee talk about new Cambridge development The Marque and Mike Addlesee from the Cambridge Guitar Orchestra previews their weekend … [Read more...]
Cambridge 105 New Music Playlist w/c 22/04/13
New Agnetha Faltskog – When You Really Loved Someone Alison Moyet – When I Was Your Girl New Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger Blue – Hurt Lovers Bo Bruce – Save Me Bonnie Tyler – Believe in Me (UK Eurovision entry) Caro Emerald – Tangled Up Dido – End of Night New Electric Soft Parade – Brother You Must Walk Your Path … [Read more...]
Gadget Guide 19/04/2013: Helicopters and Aeroplanes
Rob Chipperfield and Lawrence Micallef join Julian Clover to talk about radio controlled gadgets. Plus a round up of the latest tech news. Click Here to see Rob and Lawrence flying their helicopter in the Cambridge 105 studio. … [Read more...]
105 Drive: Entertainment Hour 18/04/2013
Julian Clover reviews the latest Unsigned Chart, then Sarah McIntosh reviews Olympus has Fallen, and offers an appraisal of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. … [Read more...]
Book Night: Crime Fiction
According to a survey in 2012 crime fiction is the most loaned form of book genre in UK libraries. In 2011, a third of the books shortlisted for the Booker Prize were crime novels, proving the genre is popular with readers and critics alike.Why? Is it that we like to feel scared, perplexed, out of control in the knowledge that order will have … [Read more...]