https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/ Listen to, read about and post comments on Radio 4's Saturday Live blog en Copyright 2007 Thu, 31 May 2007 11:36:30 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the blog is resting for a little while, so please do go to the website and sign up for the newsletter - www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/saturdaylive - a little list of things will drop into your email box every thursday morning alerting you... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/no_no_no.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/no_no_no.html Thu, 31 May 2007 11:36:30 +0000 last week Fi promised that that would be the last blog. there was some truth in what she said. it was the last blog she was going to write. this however is officially the last ever blog. next week ms.... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/manly_hugs.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/manly_hugs.html Sat, 19 May 2007 11:42:06 +0000 This week our studio guest was novelist Maggie O' Farrell and Lemn Sissay provided our poetic interludes. We heard from an over-enthusiatic FA Cup engraver and discovered the secret life of a former Dr. Who. Lauren St John described what... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/19_may_2007.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/19_may_2007.html Previous Programmes Sat, 19 May 2007 07:58:30 +0000 Jenny Froude's son Tom survived meningitus when he was a baby but, as a result, was left profoundly deaf. Jenny wrote to us telling us the two pieces of music she would like immortalised: Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/jenny_froude.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/jenny_froude.html Inheritance Tracks Fri, 18 May 2007 17:25:10 +0000 You’re a mother of three young kids, eight years married and your husband’s away a lot on business. It can be taxing at the best of times. But what if your husband’s business is being in the Armed Forces? And... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/army_wife.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/army_wife.html Extraordinary Stories Fri, 18 May 2007 17:22:07 +0000 You know him as Tristran Farnam, Campion, Dr Stephen Daker, The Last Detective or even Dr. Who. In fact you probably know him as anyone but himself. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/peter_davison.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/peter_davison.html Secret Lives Fri, 18 May 2007 17:06:13 +0000 Lauren St John grew up in 1970’s civil war torn Rhodesia. Her childhood reality was one where she wiped her classmate’s blood from the floor of her bedroom, slept with a knife under her pillow and watched for landmines as... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/childhood_in_rhodesia.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/childhood_in_rhodesia.html Extraordinary Stories Fri, 18 May 2007 16:51:49 +0000 On the day of the FA Cup Final, we meet Emmet Smith - engraver extraordinaire of such things as the Wimbledon trophies, the Ryder Cup, as well copious amounts of work for the Royal Family. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/fa_cup_engraver.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/fa_cup_engraver.html If Only I'd Known Fri, 18 May 2007 16:46:37 +0000 Lemn Sissay, acclaimed poet and playwright, was born to an Ethiopian mother and brought up by a white foster family and in children’s homes. His poems have been described as “songs of the street”. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/lemn_sissay_4.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/lemn_sissay_4.html Meet the Poet Fri, 18 May 2007 16:44:20 +0000 Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. Previously a journalist, she is now a full time novelist. Her debut novel, After You'd Gone, was published in 2000 to international acclaim and... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/maggie_o_farrell.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/maggie_o_farrell.html Special guest Fri, 18 May 2007 16:29:04 +0000 The last ever blog. Promise, promise, promise. The boys in Interactive Cyber Enterprises (subtitiled 'We're Busy - Stop Pestering Us') have said that we can make the change to a newsletter next week. This is a shame because i had... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/no_really_it_is.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/no_really_it_is.html Sat, 12 May 2007 10:52:26 +0000 Our studio guest was Hardeep Singh Kohli and our poet was Elvis McGonagall. Mandy Allison told us how her life has been dominated by her anorexia. Monica Fuller described how her house was trashed during her daughter's 15th birthday party. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/12th_may_2007.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/12th_may_2007.html Previous Programmes Sat, 12 May 2007 10:40:25 +0000 Katrina Leskanich used to be in Katrina and the Waves who won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in 1997. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/katrina_leskanich.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/katrina_leskanich.html Inheritance Tracks Fri, 11 May 2007 17:35:40 +0000 Adele took a look at her bank statement only to find out she was £26,000 better off than she thought she was. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/26000_richer.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/26000_richer.html If Only I'd Known Fri, 11 May 2007 17:31:43 +0000 Graham Green wants to speak up for all the people with second homes. https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/second_homes.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/05/second_homes.html Guerrilla Reporter Fri, 11 May 2007 17:27:39 +0000