Chinese sailors, early 20th century Late notice for this one. I’m on today’s BBC Radio London Drivetime programme giving an overview of the history of the Chinese in Britain as part of their Chinese week. 17:20, Monday 14th July, BBC Radio London 94.9FM Listen for seven days on BBC Radio London, Kath & EddieAt the […]
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Hmm, I was going to video me performing the following poem and stick it up on YouTube but after Tuesday morning you won’t be able to check what I’m on about. So until I get around to it, I’m posting the poem here. This year’s Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4 were given by Prof
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Picture: The first documented Chinese in Britain, Shen Fu Tsong, a Jesuit convert who translated the Chinese books at the Bodleian Library in the 17th Century and whose portrait hung in the bedchamber of King James II The first of the two omnibus repeats of my series, Chinese In Britain, went out last night on
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Stop me before I broadcast again! Like the song says, I’m just a girl who can’t say no. Hence my appearance (against my better judgement) on tonight’s BBC World Service programme, “World Have Your Say”. Tonight we were mostly discussing the Olympics, and host Ross Atkins asked if we thought our leaders should attend the
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This is what telly would look like if you gave an infinite number of internet sex-pests an infinite number of keyboards. Thank Who that someone at the BBC remembered to administer a big dose of Ritalin to Russell T Grant’s team for the new Torchwood, turning the hysteria down to “screeching” from 11, which is
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The other Tuesday I’m doing the washing up to Radio 4’s “Word of Mouth”, presented by Mike Rosen, when I nearly drop the antique Woolworth’s teamug I’m scraping clean. Today’s subject being schoolyard rhymes, an “expert” (white, male, natch) has just described in avuncular fashion how the kids have a jolly rhyme to accompany a
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