There are times, with Radio 4, when the only way to listen is while lying horizontal in a darkened room with a cold compress on your head. I find this to be requirement while spending half an hour in the company of Melvyn Bragg as he pontificates over the concepts behind Dutch humanism or prophecy in the Abrahamic religions at 9 o'clock in the morning straight after the three-hour hard-news assault that is the Today programme.
Tuesday 05 March 2013
The food industry must do more to reduce the impact of high prices on the poor, the Kellogg company has said, claiming that nearly five million people in Britain are struggling to put nutritious meals on the table.
Monday 04 March 2013
'Mass fatalities' avoided in major coup for security forces as three men arrested
Sunday 03 March 2013
A welcome addition to Barcelona's B&Bs offers elegance and style in one of the city's oldest districts, says Sarah Gordon
Saturday 02 March 2013
Tropical forest, beach-facing suites and luxury tents
Sunday 24 February 2013
Italian lakes
Monday 18 February 2013
Yesterday, fans of Bill Turnbull et al were alarmed upon turning on their televisions to discover Bargain Hunt, while Today was switched for The Kitchen Cabinet. Of course, it was due to an NUJ strike.
Sunday 17 February 2013
Sunday 17 February 2013
Wheel appeal
Sunday 17 February 2013
A restored 16th-century house brings up-cycled style to the heart of south-west France, as Laura Holt discovers
Sunday 10 February 2013
Room for two
Sunday 10 February 2013
A London graphic designer has brought fresh clean lines to one of England’s oldest towns, as Tracey Davies discovers
Monday 04 February 2013
The former chorister returns to the station that launched his presenting career after being dropped from three BBC shows
Sunday 03 February 2013
Dir: Brandon Cronenberg, 108 mins, 15
Sunday 03 February 2013
Gina Lollobrigida. Gee-nah loh-loh-breed-gee-dah: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of seven steps down the palate to tap, at the last, on the teeth. Apologies to Mr Nabokov and his associate Mr Humbert, but the original Italian siren – pre-Loren, pre-Cardinale – was possessor of a name as intoxicating as her talent.
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