BBC, In our Time: "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the evolution of the Scientific Method, the systematic and analytical approach to scientific thought. It became a topic of intense debate in the 17th century, and thinkers including Isaac Newton, Thomas Huxley and Karl Popper all made important contributions. Melvyn Bragg is joined by Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge; John Worrall, Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the LSE and Michela Massimi, Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at University College London." Read on [...]
America's most lethal soldier BBC: "The sniper who's believed to be the most lethal soldier in American military history". Some info at www.telegraph.co.uk The Iranian woman blinded by acid who sought "eye for an eye" justice BBC: "a rejected suitor called Majid Mohavedi threw acid into her face, leaving terrible scars and blinding her in both eyes. Ameneh started a campaign for him to be tried under an Islamic law which allows victims to have a say in the punishment of criminals. She wanted Mohavedi to be [...]
bbc.co.uk: "Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the origins and symbolism of that most legendary of mythical beasts, the unicorn. From ancient texts to medieval tapestries the unicorn has inspired writers, musicians and artists for centuries. Melvyn is joined by Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University; Lauren Kassell, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge; and David Ekserdjian, Professor of the History of Art and Film at the University of Leicester." Read on The Unicorn - BBC4 28.10.2010
bbc.co.uk: "This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is William Gibson. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island." Read on William Gibson - 19.11.1999 - Desert Island Discs What is Desert Island Discs? BBC: "The format is simple - a guest is invited to choose eight discs, a book and a luxury to take with them as they're castaway on a mythical desert island. During the interview they explain their choices [...]
BBC: "It's a phenomenon which seems to have come from nowhere, but in fact computer-based social networks have been around for decades. In this three-part series the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones traces the hidden story of social networking, from the early days of computing and the 60s counterculture through to the businesses worth billions today." Read on 01 Hippies and Hackers 02 Friends in High Places 03 Life After Facebook
Just a quick post to let you know I'll be on the "Now Playing @ 6Music" show between 7-9pm this Friday night with Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music, picking a trio of my favourite recent new tunes. No Digital Radio ? No problem you can can listen online here . So please tune in and be bowled over by my laconic John Peel -esque tones To tie in with the show I was also invited to write a guest blog on the BBC website which you can read [...]
Kirsty Young asks castaways to choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island. bbc.co.uk: "Terry Gilliam first planted his foot-print on our cultural landscape as one of the defining images of Monty Python's Flying Circus. In the years since, his film credits have included Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. Now aged 70, he's directing his first opera. He says: "I've always liked the extremes, the edges. I like to know where the cliff is, but you only find out by stepping off." [...]
Recently the BBC have partly opened their Desert Island Discs archive . The programme has been on the radio since 1942 and has interviewed hundred of thousands of personalities. Surprisingly though they haven't featured all that many footballers . Maybe because it is Radio 4 and their audience is more rugger and croquet than that association thing. One of the two football-related podcasts they have made available is with the late great SIR BOBBY ROBSON. You can still get grab this episode [...]
Every other day I read something about improving the quality of life by getting more sleep, imposing an electronic curfew and unplugging from social networks. Apart from the irony of finding this stuff at 4:30 a.m. while having a sneaky surf under the duvet, I can't help feeling that my quality of life would take a nose dive were I not able to a) happen upon lovely musical treats and b) let them orchestrate the internal movie of my life as I go about my business. Yes, I should probably be reading a book or something but I might [...]
Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran spoke with BBC Radio 4 presenter John Wilson last week, with the interview finally airing today. It was a thoughtful conversation; following are the main highlights.
Morrissey lists his favorite songs for BBC Radio 4.
I'm starting to realise I've become a full-on BBC addict, especially now I've discovered that I live close enough to Broadcasting House and Television Center to get tickets to see some of my favourite shows. My treat this week was going to a recording of The News Quiz last night (recorded the night before the friday broadcast to keep things topical). There were three things that came to me as a surprise about the recording: Firstly it takes nearly two hours to record a 28 minute show. This I was expecting, but I thought it was because they [...]
Paul McCartney says he hopes to release a previously unreleased experimental Beatles track. The former Beatles ' frontman said he wants to release ' Carnival of Light ', a 14-minute experimental track the band recorded in 1967 for an electronic music festival but never released. Speaking about the track during a recording session at Abbey Road studios McCartney said he told the other band members to "just wander round all of the stuff and bang it, shout, play it. It doesn't need to make any sense." [...]
Music Like Dirt has become my brothers blog of late, were it not for his TEN4SE7ENS there'd be little but tumbleweed here. So thanks go to Ryan (even though that Gringo Star track in the last post made me want to gouge my own ears with a blunt instrument) for keeping the music coming while I wallowed in a combination of life's little troubles and a new job. The Poland trip may have caused another lull in posts but there's nothing like standing in a room and being told 850 innocent people at a [...]
BBC: "Melvyn Bragg considers the mind-blowing concept of the Multiverse with his guests: Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge; Fay Dowker, Reader in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College and Bernard Carr, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London." BBC In Our Times Podcast The Multiverse
Who are the most important figures in Reggae history? Perry, Marley, Dodd, to that list you can add the unlikely name of Sister Mary Ignatius "Iggy" Davies. For over 60 years she ran the musical programme at Kingston's Alpha Boys school for "wayward youth". Under her tuition many of the legends of reggae emerged, or as this BBC Radio 4 documentary puts it "The Nun Who Nurtured Reggae". Newsreader Jonathan Charles may not be the most obvious disciple of reggae but his love of the music shines through this engaging show, with contributions from many [...]
A debate on politicians and the nature of hubris.
We know they're still a little demob happy over at the Top of the Pops website, but did nobody think to check with their Today colleagues before running the Doherty to edit Today story which first surfaced last Sunday and had been denied by the BBC on Monday . More credible, though, is the news that Beck will be taking charge of 6Music on Monday, October 2nd. Maybe Beck could try his hand at Today, too. Although I don't think we're quite ready for a scientology Thought For The Day just [...]
As Aaron suggested in the comments , and now confirmed (albeit tucked away in the editor's blog ): The Sunday Mirror's story that Pete Doherty was going to be one of this year's guest-editors on Today is, indeed, bobbins. music bbc radio 4 pete doherty today
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