Liz Barker speaks to the winners of the men's and women's race in the Town & Gown 10K in aid of Muscular Dystophy UK, Jonathan Escalante Phillips and Alison Greggor. … [Read more...]
Rock Lit – The Train in the Night
Nick Coleman, from Fulbourn, was a rock journalist until tinnitus struck. His book The Train in the Night tells of the devastating effects of this. In it, he also recounts his musical journey as he grew up in Cambridge. We review it this week along with How Music Works by John Powell which explains just that, and Alan Rusbridger's Play It Again … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Travel4Cambridgeshire
Julian Clover finds out about travel grants available to local businesses from Kate Day of Travel4Cambridgeshire. … [Read more...]
Northern Soul with Tony Dellar 27/10/2015
The legendary Cambridge DJ presents another two hours of northern soul classics Tony Dellar: Northern Soul (27/10/15) by Tony_Dellar on Mixcloud … [Read more...]
Best of the Guests 19/10/2015
Leigh Chambers chats to Wendy Godfrey from the Cambridge University Botanical Gardens about their forthcoming Apple Day; Liz Barker and Tim Willett meet Hans Schweitzer from Cotto's restaurant; Phil Rowe hears gets an update from Hetti Wood from VIVA about Street Life 1939-1945, a Heritage Lottery Fund project; Mike Prior talks to TV’s financial … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats – Make More Noise
Today's show discusses new movies The Lobster, Crimson Peak, Pan and Beasts No Nation (our first review of a Netflix only release). Plus we talk to the BFI's Bryony Dixon about 'Make More Noise', the new collection that shows how silent cinema documented the Suffragette movement. Edd Elliot is host, joined by regular reviewers Emma Marchant, Mark … [Read more...]
Bookmark – Marianne Kavanagh
The studio guest on this week's Bookmark is Marianne Kavanagh. Novelist and journalist, Marianne talks about writing romantic comedy in her two novels For Once In My Life and Don’t Get Me Wrong. There are also interviews with Mandy Morton on her latest book, Cat Among The Pumpkins, and we hear from RAF pilot Tom Eeles recalling over 8,000 hours in … [Read more...]