Ides I used to like 'Mixing it' which was Radio 3's programme which featured experimental music and was an eclectic mix. The current jazz programming is in too late. I quite like some world music like Fstoumata Diawara, Angelique Kidjo,etc. If the BBC goes , this kind of music will not get played on commercial radio.
What is the difference between Derry and Londonderry? Generally, although not always, nationalists favour using the name Derry, and unionists Londonderry. Legally, the city and county are called "Londonderry", while the local government district containing the city is called "Derry City and Strabane".
If you like political analysis and lots of bubble maps, this is very interesting. Its main focus is on Labour for Labour people but a good read and interesting results! Labour at the Margin... ...of survival https://benansell.substack.com/p/labour-at-the-margin
Read all about it. Some proper journalism. Three years ago, after the Martin Bashir scandal, BBC boss Tim Davie tried to prevent future crises by appointing two “external editorial experts” to scrutinise BBC journalism. Oddly, both came from PR rather than journalism. One, ex-Sunday Times political editor turned lobbyist Michael Prescott, had worked at PR firm Hanover alongside a former Tory press officer and right-wing hacks. While at the BBC, Prescott raised internal concerns about editorial standards - but after leaving this summer, he went to his old media contacts with a list of the BBC’s failings. So in the end, the man who Davie (ironically considered a Tory) appointed in 2022 to stop the next crisis ended up causing his demise. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
It did not become Londonderry until after Oliver Cromwell in 17th century and i believe the new name originated from Protestant immigrants to Ireland and not the inhabitants. It has nothing to do with London and is the vestige of a 400 year old devisive repopulation.
