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The Years of La Dolce Vita
There’s no doubt that La Dolce Vita is one of my favourite films of all time. The glamour and sophistication of Roman society is there in gorgeous black and white. And it seems that the film actually helped develop the world which it depicted. Rome’s famous Cinecittà studios were perfect for big Hollywood productions such…
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Pop Up Radio
It’s great to learn this morning that Radio 2 is launching a new pop-up radio station (ie. a temporary one). There is going to be a short term Radio 2 Eurovision service in the run-up to the big competition in May. The only previous time they’ve done this was during the Olympics when as well…
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See You Later…
Alligator in the Everglades from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. (Normal service will resume shortly)
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Farewell One Golden Square
Today is my final day at One Golden Square. After more than 17 years of Virgin Radio and Absolute Radio, I’m off to do new things. I’m not going to be able to begin to tell you what a great time I’ve had. In all that time, nearly every single person I’ve worked with has…
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25 Years of the World Wide Web
We all know it’s 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee launched the World Wide Web on us. Although a worryingly large number of people seem to think that it’s 25 years of the internet that we’re celebrating today. As any fool knows, the internet pre-dated the web by many years, and to think otherwise is to…
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A Brief History of Virgin Radio
[Republished from 2008 after first appearing on the One Golden Square blog] So as the lights come down on 15 and a bit years of Virgin Radio, I thought it might be worth giving everyone a whistlestop history of Virgin Radio – how it came about and some of the things that have happened here…
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A Brief History Of One Golden Square
Republished and slightly updated from 2008 on the One Golden Square blog. Absolute Radio is based at One Golden Square, and Virgin Radio has been based at the same address since its launch in 1993. Golden Square is in the heart of Soho, and it actually has some fascinating history including a wonderful musical past…
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#radiodetritus
This week is my final week in One Golden Square. More about that anon. However, one of those things you have to do when you leave, is have a bit of a clear out. One way or another, I’ve accumulated quite a pile of “stuff” over the years. My already cluttered flat has a pile…
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Chronicle of BBC Three’s Death Foretold
Today news began to leak out about how the BBC is next going to be saving money. BBC Three is going “online-only”. The official announcement isn’t until tomorrow, but there seems enough truth to the rumours so far. From a selfishly personal perspective, I’m rather glad that it’s BBC Three that’s getting the [online] “chop”…
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Battle of the Streaming Services
This morning, Amazon UK announced a shake-up of its streaming offering, hitherto called LoveFilm. From next week, the service gets rebranded as Amazon “Prime Instant Video”, but perhaps more importantly, it gets rolled into the regular Amazon Prime offering. So far, so good, unless you were attached to the LoveFilm name. However there are price…
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Viewing Habits
On the train home this evening, I noticed an outdoor advertisement for Sky Atlantic’s big new series, True Detective. So I posted this on Twitter: Fascinating to see @skyatlantic advertising its new drama without an airdate. The way we watch drama now or niche? pic.twitter.com/SXYWihw5M4 — Adam Bowie (@adambowie) February 17, 2014 Now I was…
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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…
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