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The Observer
News emerged at the weekend that Guardian Media Group is said to be discussing the future of The Observer – one of the oldest newspapers in the world. One idea seems to be to turn it into a weekly news magazine – I assume in the style of Time, Newsweek or The Economist. That’d be…
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Selling Off Radio 1
So Ed Vaizey is talking about selling off Radio 1 again is he? Obviously this makes no sense at all – and does nothing to help commercial radio. I’ve said this before when Peter Bazalgette suggested something similar and again when Richard Eyre said the same thing. I won’t run through the same arguments in…
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Be Seeing You
I don’t know about you, but I’m quite excited by this. The Prisoner was an exceptional TV series and while remakes and reimaginings always concern me, this looks to be worthwhile. Of course this is an ITV co-production, but obviously this video isn’t to be found on itv.com (or if it is, neither I nor…
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David Cameron on Absolute Radio
This is a clip from an interview I was videoing this morning… (And at time of writing it’s the most popular video on the BBC News site. Even though I’m not remotely responsible for the content of the video, I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I was rather chuffed to have footage on…
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Radio Times 26 July 2009
If you don’t know what to watch tonight – let me help you. ITV4. 8.30pm. Watch Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish finish the 2009 Tour de France. However, I’ve also highlighted a few other programmes. As ever, you probably want to read a large version.
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(500) Days of Summer
(This picture is vaguely of summer, and has nothing to do with the film!) I got invited to a blogger’s screening of this film next week but couldn’t make it – so I saw a separate screening and I’m really glad I did. Superficially this is light-hearted romantic film, but it’s really not. A voiceover…
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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra
Next year, the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra is starting something of a residency at the Barbican and other venues in East London. It’ll happen for at least a couple of years in the run-up to the Olympics. All I can say is that on 1 October, when tickets go on sale, you should…
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Moon
Moon is a great little film – a debut from Duncan Jones (aka David Bowie’s son). It’s nice to see a proper science fiction film based on ideas rather than space ships shooting other space ships – or more likely, blowing up landmarks. Sam Rockwell is Sam Bell. He works in a base on the…
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1-0 Up
England finished off a great victory this morning (well technically, this afternoon) at Lords. And you’ll just have to watch it on Five this evening – or on news bulletins. Great coverage from Sky: and they even opened up their Sky Player to all Sky Sports subscribers for a couple of months – something I…
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New Radio 1 Line Up
Today’s Radio 1 reshuffle is interesting, and is obviously a clear response to the BBC Trust findings that Radio 1 was getting too old. Off to weekends go Jo Whiley and Edith Bowman, as Fearne Cotton and Greg James fill up the gaps. With a remit that targets 15-29 year olds, having a significant number…
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The Ashes
On Sunday I was at my parents – who are retired – as the conclusion of the first test was reached in the unlikeliest of manners. England hung on to claim a draw. A friend even texted me to make sure that I was watching. It was nail-biting stuff, but I wasn’t watching on Sky…
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Free
A lot has already been said and written about Wired editor, Chris Anderson’s new book, Free. In particular Malcolm Gladwell reviewed it for The New Yorker in a not completely complementary fashion. This in turn has been refuted elsewhere. Books like Free aren’t the most demanding of fare. Essentially it’s 250 pages devoted to a…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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