Monthly Archives: June 2014

War Girls – helping make 1914-18 more relevant to today’s generation

Posted on June 27, 2014 by writewyattuk

Last week I caught up with the screen adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful, in a year when it seems you’re never too far away from one tale of Great War woe or other. The film’s definitely worth watching, commendably … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Electric dreams still stirring emotions – the Gary Numan interview

Posted on June 27, 2014 by writewyattuk

It must have been on London’s Capital Radio when I first heard Tubeway Army, 35 years ago this month. I was only 11 at the time, yet already knew the charts inside out. But this was something else. With my transistor … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Full frontal nerdity – out and about with the insatiably sci-curious Steve Mould

Posted on June 20, 2014 by writewyattuk

Can science and maths really be deemed cool or funny? And when do geeks and nerds become cult TV and touring successes? Gateshead-born small screen science experiment guy Steve Mould might just know the answers to those and many more … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround

Posted on June 12, 2014 by writewyattuk

Remember children’s TV quiz Runaround, with gravel-voiced late great Mike Reid asking his young contestants to ‘runaround now!’ and decide which answer’s right, then form an orderly queue? Fast forward 35 years or so and I can see Woking FC … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, sport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Fiestas, festivals, fracking, Frank and First World problems – Beans on Toast, with added crunch

Posted on June 6, 2014 by writewyattuk

I’m not usually one for Wikipedia entries, but for my latest interviewee the entry starts ‘Beans On Toast is a British folk singer. He sings about sex, drugs and politics.’ Go to his Facebook and Twitter pages and you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment