Tag Archives: BBC

THE | LATE | NIGHT | SESSION | RADIO PLAYLIST | 07.01.11

THE LATE NIGHT SESSION | FRIDAYS | 22:00 GMT | SOLAR RADIO | SKY DIGITAL CHANNEL 0129 | WWW.SOLARRADIO.COM | SPONSORED BY DESIGN AND INTERNET HOUR 1 | SOUL | JAZZ | HOUSE | RARE MIND TRAVELS – BIRD FUNK BOX – VISIONEERS FEAT CAPITAL A INTRODUCKLING – UGLY DUCKLING BROWN SUGAR – D’ANGELO THIS […]

Media Guardian: Top 100

The Great BIG iPhone

So it’s here and I like it – as a senior vice president suggests – it fits you and your ways! iPad. After weeks of speculation, Steve Jobs unveiled his latest gadget, the ‘Gigantic iPhone’. Don’t get me wrong, it is the future and would easily fit into any futuristic movie – in fact I’m […]

Music: BenjiB

For as long as I can remember BenjiB has been hosting a left of centre radio on BBC 1. Funky and Freestyle Benji drops some very cool beats and music you would not necessarily be privy too if you were a regular club goer, particularly, the jazzy  movement that Djs like Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge […]

Sir Bobby Robson: Memorial Service

On Monday 21st of September, some of the biggest names in football arrived at Durham Cathedral to remember the former England manager Sir Bobby Robson. Sir Bobby died on 31 July at the age of 76 following a long battle against cancer. Among the guests are Gary Lineker, Sir Alex Ferguson and current England boss […]

Food: Fresh mackerel with roasted rhubarb

Delicious grub, try this one – shouldn’t be right but it is yummy… For the roasted rhubarb 4-5 stalks rhubarb good shake of light brown sugar For the mackerel 2 fresh mackerel, filleted a little plain flour, seasoned with salt and freshly gruond black pepper, for dusting a couple of good glugs of fruity olive […]

Food: Bubble & Squeak Cakes

We followed this recipe last night and yum it was too… I quite like Nigel Slater’s attitude and presentation of his food, currently being screened on BBC2 The recipe to make this fun dish is …. Ingredients: 3 large spring onions, roughly chopped large slice butter olive oil, for frying 3-4 cardamom pods 1 heaped […]

Channel 4 Boss set to resign

It has been announced that Channel 4’s chief executive Andy Duncan is to resign before the end of the year. Mr Duncan, who has been in the post since 2004, said it was “an appropriate moment to hand on the baton to someone else and move on to a fresh challenge”. He said he would […]

BBC2: Design for Life

Phillippe Starck debuted on British TV last night with the broadcast of his ‘School of design’ programme on BBC2. The microsite suggests the following ‘Ten aspiring designers with the talent, drive and vision to create the next ‘must have’ products of the 21st Century will be given the unique opportunity to learn and work alongside […]

Internet Piracy

So, someone is beginning to get serious, stating firm punishments for illegal file sharing and piracy. It seems that the ISPs have reacted with anger to new proposals on how to tackle internet piracy. – UK ISP Talk Talk said the recommendations were likely to “breach fundamental rights” and would not work. – Virgin said […]