A month or so ago I was reading a newspaper which had two articles that caught my eye. One highlighted how the English county of Cornwall was being particularly badly affected by repossessions.
Continue reading ‘ON-Air: Holding on to your home: a letter from Cornwall’
04
Dec
Dan’s the man…
Our colleague Dan Damon usually sits on the next desk to us from WHYS, but this week has gone to great lengths to get away from us. He’s been hosting a series of excellent shows from Baghdad for our sister programme “World Update”. Dan, like us in Beijing, has been Twittering away (”dandamon”)
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04
Dec
About last night….
Fifteen minutes to go and the fire alarm at Bush House started going.
Continue reading ‘About last night….’
So here we go with three live shows from Cornwall in the south-west of England. We’re starting at Truro High School for Girls, where we’ll be in one of the boarding house common rooms. (And let me declare an interest. I went to Truro School across the way, which was for boys when I started and co-ed by the time I left.) So where does same sex education fit in to our vision of our to bring up our children? Are they better together or apart? Here are stories to suggest this debate is far from over… Continue reading ‘On air from Cornwall: Do girls and boys learn better apart?’
The debate surrounding Islam and its relation to Islamist terrorism has been given fresh impetus by the Mumbai attacks. There’s no shortage of people in India and beyond who once again are pointing the finger of blame directly at Islam. Continue reading ‘On air: Must Muslims now accept that Islam has a problem with terrorism?’
Madeleine Albright had this to say yesterday :
“Pakistan has everything that gives you an international migraine. It has nuclear weapons, it has terrorism, extremists, corruption, very poor and it’s in a location that’s really, really important to us.”
And this Indian commentator says
Continue reading ‘Pakistan : “an international migraine” ?’
Initiatives to wean people off illegal drugs have long been tried and tested – from rehabilitation centres to alternative therapies. The Swiss have now taken combatting drug addiction one step further.
Continue reading ‘Should you feed an addiction ?’
02
Dec
Regrets - he’s had a few
George Bush has said his biggest regret is the failure to get it right over whether Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Continue reading ‘Regrets - he’s had a few’
Mumbaikars, still shocked and fearful after last weeks horrific events, are struggling to come to terms with their grief and their anger at the perpetrators. But many are now also asking what could have been done to prevent the attacks? Continue reading ‘On air: Can governments really protect us from terrorism?’
It was difficult not to be moved by the stories that we heard on yesterday’s programme. Not just by the situations some of you found yourself in during the attacks in Mumbai, but also the calm and understated way that you explained them to us. I’m sure anyone listening appreciated your coming on the show. Today’s programme will simply carry on where we left off yesterday, hearing your stories and reactions to what’s happening in Mumbai. Continue reading ‘On air: More of your Mumbai reports’
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