*picture by Svetlana Tikhonova* Another Random Memory, this one sparked by a comment from Odessa Sherreard asking about things to do around Naples. I was reminded of the mad period when I had a loyalty card from the Heathrow Airport car park, jetting off all over the place (Hong Kong for the day,...
Another random memory from my (much) younger days on radio stations around the UK.I saw a post the other day with a recent picture in a radio studio featuring someone I worked with at a different radio station - gulp - forty years ago. So I went searching, and found this picture* of Phil White...
Greys Court is a National Trust stately home near Henley, it's very old and has oodles of history but it's not that big and was lived in till 2003 so it's quite 'human' as stately homes go.It has the usual quota of portraits and landscapes on the walls and all very appropriate. But then, in a...
I wouldn't normally do another Random Memory so soon after the last one, but this has been prompted by the weekend's sad news, it's another from my radio days (best part of forty years ago 🤔 ).The place: Broadcasting House, LeedsThe time: a weekday morning.The station: BBC Radio Leeds - in the...
*Now! Listen as I revisit my past* Another in the random series of random memories from a lifetime of radio, TV and live events: today’s is of a very memorable moment at the Savoy in November 2014. I can be precise about the date because this awards had a theme of “Wartime”, the same...
*Now! Listen as I revisit my past* Another in my erratic series of random memories from a lifetime of talking while pressing buttons 😎 Commenting on someone's post today about nerves when going on stage, has brought to mind the most nervous I've ever been when working. In my...
*Now! Listen as I revisit my past* Today's memory is from almost forty years ago when I was a lot younger and not quite so wise. I was working on a radio station that did live cookery every Monday afternoon with a visiting expert (whose name I seem to remember was Miranda). The...
*Now! Listen as I revisit my past* A random memory of one of the weirdest things to happen in my many years in events. I was booked to showcall and announce a star-studded event called 'Peace One Day', a 20-year celebration. We'd done a yearly event previously but then it had gone...