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The Teen Within…
This week’s Something Understood gives voice to people who I reckon are rarely heard on radio. Teenagers. The readings are all done by young actors and much of the music and poetry you’ll hear was written by them, or about … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children, Culture, France, Germany, History, Media, Music, Radio, Religion
Tagged adolescence, alom shaha, BIG ISSUE, cat stevens, claude tardat, Hairspray, harlem renaissance, janis ian, john steinbeck, John Waters, letter to my younger self, maxim leo, peter capaldi, plum bun, red love, teenagers, the young atheists handbook
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Sixty years on: Has Cinderella on film got trapped in The Valley of the Dolls?
I rather enjoyed the new live action Disney Cinderella. We’re reviewing it on Front Row on Monday Mar 23rd. But the issues raised here still stand. Imagine Cinderella as a anti social tomboy with cropped black hair who acts well, just … Continue reading
To go or not to go: The freakonomics of the school reunion
This article first appeared in The Big Issue Magazine: Journalism worth paying for. Available from street vendors across the UK or by subscription. “My generation thought we’d fix the world for free. We were LBJ (Lyndon B J cohnson) technocrats.” … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Economics, Education, Film, journalism, Media, Radio, Uncategorized
Tagged 80s, freakonomics, Friends Reunited, Grosse Pointe Blank, Hairspray, Harvard, John Waters, Minnie Driver, Steven Levitt, The Red Book
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Pink Flamingos, red poppies & the fine art of causing offence
I have been pre-occupied with offence these past few weeks. Preparing to interview the Pope of Trash (copyright William Burroughs) ahead of his Nov 8th appearance at Liverpool’s Homotopia festival, I have been starting each day with a John Waters film. … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Culture, Film, History, Media, Politics, Radio, Theatre, War
Tagged advertising, Field Marshall, First World War, Home Office, immigration, John Waters, Murray Melvin, Pink Flamingos, Waterboarding
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