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Prof Unwin talks about the Type B Desk

I probably should have uploaded this (and a load of other ancient Bush House audio treasure I forgot I had) when all the Bush nostalgia was in full flow a few weeks ago. But I didn’t. This is Stanley Unwin, … Continue reading

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Green Continuity

Green Con was where the main World Service English language network was put on air. The announcer sat on this side, and the Studio Manager sat on the other side of the glass on the right (now a TV studio) … Continue reading

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Farewell to Bush

I had no idea this film was being made until today – Thomas Hannen and Owain Rich have made a beautiful sequence of images using some of the voices I and others recorded for the radio programmes John Tusa and … Continue reading

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Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music

This made me laugh out loud. So lovely to have mornings back again on 6Music… sigh. And I had that Holly Johnson in my studio a few weeks ago. I was sitting there playing out most of ‘Two Tribes’ on … Continue reading

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How did I miss Radio 2?

One minute I’m kidding myself that I’m still too young to listen to Radio 2. The next minute I’m finding Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’s phone calls to Andrew Sachs a bit puerile (and unlike most of the 10,000 people … Continue reading

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