Tag: Radio History

When you miss the local voices from home. Why we used to listen to radio… and why we still do…

Poets, pop singers and radio listeners tuning in to home across the airwaves. But first, the joys of reading a newspaper... I’m of the generation that still enjoys a good print version. It’s the feeling of it between the fingers, the rustle of the pages, the ease of turning it back and creasing the page … Continue reading When you miss the local voices from home. Why we used to listen to radio… and why we still do… →

Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 5 of 5

This is the last in a series of pieces about four decades of metro-media life in Britain: in which I come to some conclusions about Ian McEwan and Richard Eyre’s film The Ploughman’s Lunch – set in 1982 but cringingly relevant to the 2020s. Do take a look at pages around this site, and consider … Continue reading Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 5 of 5 →

Listening in – how Jesus gets on the radio. More about the work of the Christian missionary organisation Reach Beyond

For the last three months of 2024, from October to December, we’ve been broadcasting a 13-part radio series on TWR-UK called Voice and Hands with Reach Beyond. In the most recent episodes, we’ve heard about Christian radio around the world – crossing the continents. We’ve travelled to Africa, to Southern Europe, North Africa and the … Continue reading Listening in – how Jesus gets on the radio. More about the work of the Christian missionary organisation Reach Beyond →

Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 4 of 5

So far in this series of articles we've met a TV researcher who's arrogant and self-obsessed, there's the tabloid hack who fancies himself as a champagne-swilling lothario, and the network radio news journalist who is a compulsive liar - at work, at home and to his friends. It's all rather ugly. You can read previous … Continue reading Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 4 of 5 →

The politics of immigration, the sound of cross-border radio, and talking about Jesus online. The work of the Christian mission Reach Beyond.

The autumn of 2024 is the time when the radio series Voice and Hands with Reach Beyond goes out. It's a major project I've been working on in recent weeks. So far, in the first episodes of this 13-part series, we’ve heard about the history of mission through helping Christians set up radio stations, of … Continue reading The politics of immigration, the sound of cross-border radio, and talking about Jesus online. The work of the Christian mission Reach Beyond. →

Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 3 of 5

So far. We’re halfway through a series of pieces looking at the trade and craft of a radio journalist in the early 1980s. Life then is still relevant today. That’s because I’m considering the rough terrain of morals, ethics, the BBC, Thatcher, and Yuppies – amongst other things. You can read parts one and two … Continue reading Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 3 of 5 →

Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 2 of 5

This piece explores life in 1980s Britain. It’s the latest in a series of articles which offers an analysis of Ian McEwan and Richard Eyre’s film The Ploughman’s Lunch (1983). You can read part 1 by clicking on this preview: https://prefadelisten.com/2024/08/14/lies-radio-news-and-a-pub-lunch-1-of-5/ Subscribe to make sure you get future episodes - around the 14th of each … Continue reading Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 2 of 5 →

Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 1 of 5

On the one hand journalism and broadcasting have long been connected to drink and drugs. For historical evidence of this, and my own lived experience, see my recent pieces here and here. In this article I now want to widen the discussion to include considerations of ethics and radio journalism. In particular about lying, dissembling, … Continue reading Lies, radio news, and a pub lunch | part 1 of 5 →