The live film review show looks at a raft of true to almost true to pretending to be true stories, from Angelina Jolie's war time Unbroken and the Professor Stephen Hawking biography The Theory Of Everything, to Tim Burton's art fraud caper, Big Eyes and Ridley Scott's highfalutin flight from Egypt, Exodus: Gods and Kings. Plus we've Birdman, … [Read more...]
Polish Waves 04/01/2015
Maciek and Sebastian present some new Polish music. There's also some old vinyl, a reminder about an event by Polish Cambridge studies, and proof that storytelling is not just for children. … [Read more...]
Radio Dante 03/01/2015
Radio Dante welcomes in the New Year with an introduction to Giuseppe Verdi. We'll stay in the opera for the whole show with some operatic language advice and a new mysterious personality. On a journey to Verona there’s a surprise in the kitchen. Presented by Enrica Laprocina, Dea Rakovac, Ludovico Nolfi and Ben Fried. … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats: Top 10 of 2014
Welcome in the New Year with a critical look back at the past, as we countdown the top 10 best films of 2014, as chosen by show reviewers, members of the Picturehouse chain, St Ives and Saffron Screen community cinemas and participants in the monthly Arts Picturehouse Movie Quiz. Toby Miller is show host, joined by a raft of reviewers: Emma … [Read more...]
Rendez-vous à Bobo 04/01/2015
The story of how African music visited the UK and was invited to stay. The labels and the DJs who opened listeners' ears. Beginning in 1971 with Pan African band Osibisa, Lucas Keen explores the artists who have recorded for World Circuit and Real World. … [Read more...]
Bookmark: Sophie Hannah
Our studio guest on today's Bookmark is international best selling author, Sophie Hannah. Queen of the psychological thriller/mystery, Sophie talks to us about her latest challenge – bringing Hercule Poirot back to life in The Monogram Murders. We also chat to Cambridge crime writer, Kate Rhodes, about her latest novel, The Winter Foundlings. … [Read more...]
Best of the Guests 22/12/2014
Ian Daborn chats to Chris Jenkin from Cambridge Homeless Project, a churches based project involving ten Cambridge churches, which aims to supply a hot meal and accommodation for homeless people from January-March 2015 and he hears about an app that John Harper has developed called ‘Rize’ to help people with their mental wellbeing. … [Read more...]