Category Archives: Radio

“This isn’t about the politics. We’re either side of the same sea.” Making The Walk: Across The Water (Calais and Dover) for BBC Radio 4

I live on the coast. I can hear French radio on the car stereo. Ferries leave for France every day. The fishermen here are related, way back in time, to families from Normandy and Spain. We’re nearer to France here than we are to Westminster … yet my town voted for Brexit, by a largeContinue reading ““This isn’t about the politics. We’re either side of the same sea.” Making The Walk: Across The Water (Calais and Dover) for BBC Radio 4″

Standing on the Edge of England

I’ve been making a podcast with my friend Emily Jeffery, an award-winning presenter and producer, about the landscape in which we live, down here on the southern Edge of England. There’s a dog called Mabel, a Spitfire that haunts us, a lighthouse and a lot of cliffs, some incredible stories and a beautiful bit ofContinue reading “Standing on the Edge of England”

“A powerful story that reduced me to tears.” Ian McMillan on The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away

  On one level, it’s a story of organ donation. On another level it’s an examination of language and how it reacts to tragedy. And on a profound level it asks us what life itself is. A powerful story that reduced me to tears. Ian McMillan is a writer and broadcaster I admire very much, soContinue reading ““A powerful story that reduced me to tears.” Ian McMillan on The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away”