Whatever else is happening in the world today let us all remember that tomorrow is Mothering Sunday, a day when we honour and thank our mums for everything they have done and continue to do for us. Of course, the current crisis means that for most of us it’s not going to be the usual …
My new album Butterfly gets released next week. After months of writing a whole new batch of songs, recording the backing tracks, traveling to Prague to record the orchestra and then weeks of wrangling up to 120 different tracks per song into a stereo mix, it’s out. Of course, that doesn’t include all the work …
In this world of blockbuster movies and binge worthy box sets sometimes you just don’t have the time that these types of shows demand. Sometimes all you want is 30 minutes of ‘chewing gum for the eyes’ as my dad used to call it. There are quiz show re runs, there are more programmes about …
I’ve just come back from a week in Prague. To be honest I had mixed emotions about returning to that city. The last time I was there was over 20 years ago. I was on a tour of Europe as the support artist to Art Garfunkel. Now that might sound glamorous, and it was an …
A special concert celebrating Mal’s four decades of songwriting, with intimate performances of songs he composed for artists such as Cliff Richard and The Hollies and time spent on tour with Belinda Carlisle and Art Garfunkel. BBC Radio Wales New Year’s Eve 7pm, New Year’s day 9pm and BBC Sounds app throughout January
One of the things I remember about watching TV on Christmas Day afternoon as a kid was the adverts for holidays. No sooner had we put the Slade and Wizard records away than we had images of sun drenched beaches in prime time. Now you might not have started making your travel plans for 2020 …
There’s a great programme on Radio 4 called ‘The Long View’ which compares decisions we make today with decisions made in the past. On the face of it today’s driverless cars and the start of the railways in 1830 seem to have nothing in common neither would Brexit and the conflict between Offa and Charlemagne …
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I suspect 3 years ago none of us would have been able to tell the difference between a backstop and a prorogue. The Oxford English dictionary has exploded since the referendum; cakeism, remainer, leaver and the term Brexit itself are all now regularly used by broadcasters and journalists and every twitter warrior with a view. …
I remember being in infants school and thinking the kids in the junior school looked so grown up. The same thing happened looking at the prefects when I moved to Dynevor Senior Comprehensive school and then again starting to work in the BBC where the room appeared to be full of grownups!!! My grandfather George …
This week I wanted to write this column about 2 of my friends. Now in the world I inhabit we probably throw around the term friend more freely than we should. As a radio presenter, every day I meet or chat to world famous people you would normally only hear on the radio. So, I …
