Radio Collections, anniversaries and conferences: my latest months of research.
Hello Euro Radio Wavers, It’s been a long time! I’ll start with a confession or, rather, a question: what kind of academic blogger do I want to be? So far …
By the Seaside in 1950; or, On Being Bureaucratic
Although there has been a broadcasting union in Europe for a quarter of a century the work that it has done has received little publicity, and there is considerable misunderstanding …
Christmas time at the BBC. Semi-serious Christmas wishes.
It’s that time of the year again! The bad news is that for the entire duration of the festive season you’ll be hearing Mariah Carey over and over wherever you …
A Christmas Beacon
As autumn turns to winter, several things have been keeping the team busy: interviews, proposals, conferences, archival trips to Reading and London, Athens and Turin. We’ll be unpacking some of …
Treasure in Trieste
I’ve been working on radio culture for a while now, and it’s still a surprise to me how often this most immaterial of media feels most resonant – most cutting …