Category: Interviews
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Lincoln City’s FA Cup success
Until recently Lincolnshire didn’t have much to brag about regarding sports. The best the county had to offer was the amazing fact that Gainsborough Trinity hadn’t been relegated or promoted from the same league for 145 years. And then Lincoln City brought in two reserved brothers to manage the team. Danny and Nicky Cowley had…
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Interviewing Nigel Farage
The resignation of Sleaford’s MP over the government’s handling of Brexit brought the national spotlight to the small Lincolnshire town. Stephen Phillips, who’s been the area’s Conservative representative since 2010, stepped down with immediate effect in November 2016 because of ‘irreconcilable differences’ with the government. This was shortly after the Prime Minister had announced that…
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The Mariners: Back where we belong
Football definitely becomes more exciting when you’re following teams that are performing well. So it was fantastic to cover Grimsby Town’s promotion which saw them get back into league football in 2016. As part of the news bulletins for Lincs FM and Compass FM we followed the Mariners story – which ended with a trip…
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Interview: David Cameron
In the run up to May 7th Lincolnshire had it’s fair share of visits from major politicians to sway people’s opinions. Inevitably the Prime Minister came to the county to bolster support for his prospective parliamentary candidates. He used Lincoln, the home of one of the few remaining copies of the Magna Carta, to launch…
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Adventure lamb with Mark Sargeant
British food has become more than just your meat and two veg as international flavours are influencing home cooking. Research by Simply Beef and Lamb has found that British people, especially children, are more adventurous at mealtimes. The Michelin starred chef Mark Sargeant has been working with Simply Beef and Lamb to create some easy…
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John Torode speaks to Siren FM
Celebrity chef and Masterchef judge John Torode travels down under to showcase the best food available in his home country in the new series John Torode’s Australia. The show gives John Torode a chance to revisit the places where he learnt to cook as well as explore the types of food that different cultures have…
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Valentine Warner opens with a joke
Recently on Food for Thought I interviewed the television chef Valentine Warner. It was about his new show Valentine Warner eats Scandinavia which will be shown on the Good Food channel. I’ll post the full show later but here’s a teaser of our chat. It’s always strange to start talking to someone off the television…