Good call, I thought I’d missed out on the hard copies …
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Good call, I thought I’d missed out on the hard copies …
… The beard bloke from the hotel comparison site ad who also smells fresh socks. The £1 supermarket girl who also travels in her granddad’s sidecar. The toothy girl who used to be the face of s global travel firm then ended up adding glamour to household cleaning products. &c.
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
… The beard bloke from the hotel comparison site ad who also smells fresh socks. The £1 supermarket girl who also travels in her granddad’s sidecar. The toothy girl who used to be the face of s global travel firm then ended up adding glamour to household cleaning products. &c.
How do people in TV ads make a living? Do they get a one-off payment that is so generous that they don’t have to do anything else for ages, or do they get a royalty? I’m fairly obsessed with people who appear on more than one for different products, like the pee-pants woman.
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
How do people in TV ads make a living? Do they get a one-off payment that is so generous that they don’t have to do anything else for ages, or do they get a royalty? I’m fairly obsessed with people who appear on more than one for different products, like the pee-pants woman.
So, wracked with pain, terrified of oblivion or raddled with dementia?
December 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So, wracked with pain, terrified of oblivion or raddled with dementia?
Can anyone recommend a radio station that just plays a well-curated cross-section of classical music with minimal announcements & without pally presenters, self-aggrandising promos, news bulletins, ads for TV shows, e-mail-in listener participation contests &c? Basically, a pre-1990s Radio 3.
December 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Can anyone recommend a radio station that just plays a well-curated cross-section of classical music with minimal announcements & without pally presenters, self-aggrandising promos, news bulletins, ads for TV shows, e-mail-in listener participation contests &c? Basically, a pre-1990s Radio 3.
I’m doing Frome FM’s Live Vinyl Hour at 6pm. You have been warned. @fromefm.bsky.social 96.6FM in the Frome area or online at www.frome.fm
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December 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m doing Frome FM’s Live Vinyl Hour at 6pm. You have been warned. @fromefm.bsky.social 96.6FM in the Frome area or online at www.frome.fm
In memoriam HST, who could forget it passing the cooling towers of Didcot power station?
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In memoriam HST, who could forget it passing the cooling towers of Didcot power station?
Starved of canal-based record buying down here on the K&A!
December 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Starved of canal-based record buying down here on the K&A!
Particularly looking forward to the Gershom Parkington Quintet playing a selection of Bygone Melodies.
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Particularly looking forward to the Gershom Parkington Quintet playing a selection of Bygone Melodies.
Many thanks, and much Frohe-ish Weihnachten-ery to you too!
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Many thanks, and much Frohe-ish Weihnachten-ery to you too!
Frome FM @fromefm.bsky.social is festive nostalgia central this xmas, with repeats of the semi-legendary (just ask AI) Cast-Off Corner Xmas Special from Dec 2009 at 4pm today and 1pm tomorrow … www.frome.fm … Still on Mixcloud, too … www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/cast...
Cast-off Corner (13/12/2009) - 1.09 Xmas Special
Darren Giddings plays the weird and wonderful (or usually quite boring) records he has found in the charity shops, car boot sales and other such emporia in Frome and beyond ...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frome FM @fromefm.bsky.social is festive nostalgia central this xmas, with repeats of the semi-legendary (just ask AI) Cast-Off Corner Xmas Special from Dec 2009 at 4pm today and 1pm tomorrow … www.frome.fm … Still on Mixcloud, too … www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/cast...
An explosive xmas from the 1974 Roger Moore film ‘Gold’ … has rather stuck in my mind since it was shown on the telly in the late 70s/early 80s. An infant Patsy Kensit being obliterated.
December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
An explosive xmas from the 1974 Roger Moore film ‘Gold’ … has rather stuck in my mind since it was shown on the telly in the late 70s/early 80s. An infant Patsy Kensit being obliterated.
Budget cuts call for diversification in the police service.
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Budget cuts call for diversification in the police service.
Though, to be fair, had I been born a girl I would’ve been Heidi …
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Though, to be fair, had I been born a girl I would’ve been Heidi …