Category: Radio
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Breaking news
One of the biggest parts of my job is making sure the news bulletin sounds up to date making sure our listeners know about the important things happening right now. Sometimes the details of a story can change really quickly, like election results or resignations, and this can mean keeping the bulletin up to date…
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Princess Anne in Lincoln
It’s a big year for Lincoln as the city celebrates 800 years of the Magna Carta. It’s important for the area as the Cathedral has one of four remaining copies of the historical document. Until recently it was just displayed in part of the castle but a decision was made to invest in these beautiful…
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Behind the Headlines
Last Friday I was a guest on Peter Smith’s Behind the Headlines on Siren FM. His show looks at what’s in the papers as well as looking at the ways the papers cover the news. On the show we discussed the latest in the Edward Snowden story, the missing Doctor Who episodes and possible changes…
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The cafe and craft shop Rock Paper Scissors in Lincoln, held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Wednesday, May 8th as part of the arts festival Lincoln Inspired. I am working on a piece about the Alice in Wonderland inspired gathering for my Siren FM radio show Food for Thought to go out next week.…
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Radio 2 and friends
I had good intentions, like all people who make resolutions. I vowed to do something and then promptly forgot. I have no excuses because my challenge was even written down. So here two weeks later and I am spending the day with Radio 2. I freelance meaning there are parts of the day where I…
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My radio challenge
I love radio. I love interviewing people for the radio, I love trying to make pictures using just sounds and I love broadcasting. Yet I don’t actually listen to a great deal of radio which seems wrong. How else will I know what works, and what doesn’t? One of the reasons I don’t listen to…
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And the winner is…
One of Lincoln’s fish and chip shops, the Burton Road Chippy, put themselves forward to compete for the best fish and chip shop restaurant in the UK. This was their first time in the competition and after qualification, mystery shoppers and impressing the judges they made it into the top 10. The winner would be…