Morning, all. Last Sunday I was invited into the hallowed halls of Radio 4, to do the newspaper review on Broadcasting House. I was so excited, a little wee may’ve come out. Ahem. I had a lovely time, the other guests – former head of the Arts Council, Sir Christopher Frayling and hynotist and author [...]
Tag Archives: BBC
Radiobim
No doubt you’re a little bit fatigued by the demands I’ve made on your ears and eyes in recent times. Apologies, but there’s more. I was interviewed for The World Today on the BBC World Service (yeah, baby!) last Wednesday following my piece about Nigeria being the happiest place in the world. You can, if [...]
Welcome To Lagos
It got a little neglected by the audience, what with the first of the televised Leaders’ Debates on ITV1 (Boo! Hiss! Whisper it, a little bit boring!), but at 9pm last Thursday night, BBC2 aired the first in a three-part series called Welcome To Lagos. I was alerted to the programmes by blogger Vex In The City, [...]
Posted in Black Fridays, Identity, Television
Also tagged Black People, Nigeria, Stereotypes, Telly, The African Experience, Welcome To Lagos
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The Women Are Coming…
Hey. Hi. Welcome to March. How you doin’? Settled? Great. Let’s talk WOMEN.
Posted in Culture, Exhibition, Identity, London, Movies, Society, Television
Also tagged 'Lady Things', Feminism, Film, Telly, Womanhood, Women
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Winter Telly – Cold Nights, Hot Stuff
No doubt, the weather has already given you a heads up; winter is coming hard this year. I hate the cold, and in this season, I’m always grateful for any excuse to keep my antisocial self indoors. This year, I’ve perused the arts diary and I’m cautiously excited. I mean, have you seen the entertainment [...]
Posted in Culture, Movies, Style, Television
Also tagged Autumn/Winter Line Up, Enid Blyton, Gracie Fields, Margot Fonteyn, Spooks, Telly
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Black Fridays: Black Heart On Prime Time
In the end, there was really only one subject today’s Black Friday segment was going to be about. You knew it, I knew it, the interwebz herself knew it. I could talk about how how employers discriminate against jobseekers with Asian and African-sounding names, or I could talk about how Mattel launched new Black Barbies [...]
Posted in Black Fridays, London, Politics, Television
Also tagged BBC Question Time, BNP, Bonnie Greer, David Dimbleby, Dick Griffin, Jack Straw, Nick Griffin, Television Debate
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Radio Ga Ga
Last weekend, I indulged by having a lost weekend. Only instead of booze, drugs and loose men, I gorged on radio, radio, and yep, you guessed it, more radio. I love the radio. My sister and I formed a fake radio station when we were kids, called, titter ye not, “Funky Funky Funky Radio“. It [...]
