Windows music shop, Newcastle. So horrible to see this. I had forgotten it occupied almost a whole side of the splendid Central Arcade.

Good to hear John Stewart's "July You're a Woman" played on Nicky Horne's Perfect 10 on @BoomRadioUK just now. First time I've heard him played on the radio since the 80s, when Roger Scott used to champion him.

I thought that when I heard it! I have to say, Boom have been playing a fantastic mix, especially of late. Have even gathered new information re a few tracks (Dave Gilmour on ‘No More Lonely Nights’. Who knew?! 😀).

Lots of journalists talking about journalism this week. I've got obvious skin in this game, but wanted to correct the record slightly: There has always continued to be good, in-depth reporting at Reach plc titles. We can have an argument about where the emphasis... (1/2)

Going to be bold here but maybe making hundreds of reporters, editors and subs redundant and focusing on mass producing the same story for different brands hasn't worked

I’ve got some good friends who work at Reach. They described how good journalism was no longer valued. Everything became about clicks clicks clicks. They were forced to churn out more and more clickbait headlines - the positive aspects of journalism such as going places to meet people, doing interviews, breaking important scandals - were thrown out the window because they had to write so many stories per day. Churnalism factories. At the same time they have faced round after round after round of redundancies and the company started to replace them with AI. Meanwhile the bosses kept taking five or even six figure salaries while presiding over a culture of destroying their brands. Now that AI has started eating them: people no longer click when they can get the answer to their question even more easily, without having to face a barrage of pop up adverts and click throughs. Journalism is struggling to find ways forward in this new age of AI - but at the same time, good journalism has never been more important. If you value good journalism, please remember to pay for it.

Reminds me of the old days where there would be a radio "Obit Shelf" of ready made content should someone die. Always fascinating to see who was on the list! And some of the obits were themselves so old, the reporter had retired. Or worse!

Nice to hear #BishopsCleeve getting a mention on BBC continuity this evening #Gloucestershire

Radio Caroline says sorry after playing its Obit message announcing the death of King Charles radiotoday.co.uk/2026/05/rad…

On what would have been his 85 Birthday, a Happy Heavenly Birthday to the legend Ed Stewart!📻🎂 Junior Choice was such a fixture of radio and it was the show I loved listening to every Christmas! Sleep Tight Stewpot, and keep broadcasting in the sky.

Remembering the godfather of Pirate Radio, Ronan O'Rahilly who we lost on this day in 2020.🏴‍☠️📻 Thank you Ronan for starting the radio revolution!

Exactly 10 years ago today in Gloucestershire. Spring can throw up a few meteorological surprises.

So who could tomorrow’s #RadioGreats guest be? 🤔📻 Here’s a clue… They spent a lengthy career on #Newsbeat! Who do you reckon it could be? Find out tomorrow! 😁

This is the only footage I had of me doing what I did for 13 YEARS. Not surprisingly, it was the least “Whip them into a frenzy” show I ever worked on! If you have any questions (about my job or the prog), shove them in the comments! #Countdown #TV #Television #Audience #Comedy