This Jessie J cover of Defying Gravity from today is incredible! You won’t regret watching it (unless you hate music and joy) youtu.be/lSPP5N7-2DE?...
Jessie J - Defying Gravity (Radio 2 Piano Room)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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Tim Johns
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Producer, BBC Radio 2, Jeremy Vine. News bloke. Audio nerd. Cynic. Prone to occasional camping.
I took this rather niche photo three years ago today. I started: “Would you mind sitting at this computer for a photo?” “…sure…why?” “Our editing software is called StarTrack” “Oh. Ok!” *Slightly bewildered*
Keir Starmer on Radio 2 - asked if it's right that we could have a social media ban for under-16s within months: "yes it is". Although he does add "...or take other measures", presumably referring to a potential ban on things like 'infinite scrolling' or u-16 access to AI platforms.
This Radio 2 listener sent us proof of their stress-inducing unread emails. But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!
Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. Here you go. A PDF instruction manual of how to create your very own Tracy Island: www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic...
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A vital plea from the BBC, along with news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters, to allow journalistic access to Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...
The BBC Calls For Access To Gaza
YouTube video by BBC
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If you’re a uk politics/transport/urban policy person (you’re on Bluesky) then the winter timetable on east coast mainline will be such an interesting mess. The public in mid-sized towns slowly realising they’ve been sacrificed for faster London > Edinburgh trains. www.thecomet.net/news/2544425...
MP says Stevenage 'paying the price' as LNER set to stop trains to and from London
Stevenage MP Kevin Bonavia says residents are "paying the price" for LNER's new timetable which is set to stop passengers from Stevenage…
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Loo scroll www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids
People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids
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That’s the first time I can ever remember a guest getting a parking ticket live on air
Might start a petition to make it illegal to tag @ everyone in Facebook groups.
This dude landed on my hand and even hung around for a photo!
For radio journalists, the iPhone’s built-in call-recording facility (since iOS 18.1) is incredible. Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after. There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better
🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners. But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
Chapter #1329 in expensive rail travel. We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month. Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc). Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242. Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.
Waiting to board a ferry and spotted this excellent passenger nearby
I have a lot of followers in America. If that’s you - why?! Am I on some random list somewhere?
My niece hand-stitched this birthday card for my daughter and it’s 👌👌👌 I think she should sell them!!
Someone’s getting great value for money from their delivery driver.
It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".
We took the decision today to voice up and read out, on Radio 2, every word of John Hunt's victim impact statement. At ten minutes precisely it must be the longest monologue we've ever broadcast. We did so with good reason - give it a read if you haven't: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kyle Clifford jailed: John Hunt's victim impact statement in full
The racing commentator directs his victim statement to the man who murdered his wife and two daughters.
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Nerd fact of the day: the ship and the tanker in the North Sea sea technically 'allided'. It's simpler to say it was a collision but some seafarers would say 'allision'. It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.
Some people take recreational drugs and others get high off jet washing their patio.
Right who's in charge of the PR for mice, please? Because they're having a quite incredible week and it's only Tuesday. (At this rate I guess the whole PR outfit is run by the mice themselves).
It was well-known as Aberdeen before rebranding to Abrdn but is now returning to Aberdeen. The bosses complained of 'corporate bullying' after people ridiculed the lack of vowels. Guess the bullies won. www.fnlondon.com/articles/abr...
Abrdn ditches derided brand to rename itself Aberdeen
UK-listed asset manager drops brand introduced under previous chief executive Stephen Bird
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Today I blew my nose record-breakingly loud. I simultaneously acheived another first - I'd inadvertantly left myself unmuted in our work morning meeting. Took me a second to realise why everyone on the screen looked so shocked.