In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein exposure as a sexual predator abusing his power as a film producer, there have been a lot of

Saw and Heard Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Rachel Cooke to promote his book Balancing Acts at the Wimbledon BookFest.  He was entertaining and succinct. 

Wonderful news about Kazuo Ishiguro being selected for the Nobel prize for literature.   A graduate of the creative writing course at the University of East

“You Say Potato – The Story of English Accents”  by Ben Crystal and  David Crystal I first met David Crystal at the start up of

Eddie Izzard spoke about his role in the new Victoria and Abdul film in the Guardian.  Eddie’s zest and curiosity of life are revealed.  He

Have all the facts behind the recordings of Princess Diana by her voice coach Peter Settelen been revealed?  Probably not.   As I understand it –

Penquin Classic Audiobooks brought out a set of audio books a few years ago and I was asked to review them.   With 10 books to

My best friend gave me Beyond Black as a Christmas present ages ago.  It was because of the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire connection (Hilary Mantel is from Glossop

  When people are confused or afraid of saying something that they think might not be received well,  their voices can become constricted.  This may

Always like to listen in to Radio 1 surgery on a Wednesday eve when I’m coming home from the gym.  Dr Radha and Gemma Cairney