Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic:
NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ (back on 9 Nov)
Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com
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NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ (back on 9 Nov)
Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com
ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
All the different regions. Plain.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
All the different regions. Plain.
TV Times is the new Spangles or indeed eggs, if you remember those.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
TV Times is the new Spangles or indeed eggs, if you remember those.
Absolutely amazing TV Times still exists.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Absolutely amazing TV Times still exists.
Sorry to pay wasted attention to someone who's rather too keen to beg for it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Sorry to pay wasted attention to someone who's rather too keen to beg for it.
And so many of them have had such expensive educations too.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And so many of them have had such expensive educations too.
I will say the radio still has plenty of gold.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I will say the radio still has plenty of gold.
Reposted by Justin Lewis
It doesn't have to be this way. Even if it is trending downwards (and I'm not sure whether I agree it is or not, overall) it can't trend upwards if it doesn't survive, and it's certainly too valuable and worthwhile to slaughter, disregard or take for granted.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It doesn't have to be this way. Even if it is trending downwards (and I'm not sure whether I agree it is or not, overall) it can't trend upwards if it doesn't survive, and it's certainly too valuable and worthwhile to slaughter, disregard or take for granted.
I wish that the people who ran it realised what's valuable are the programmes themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wish that the people who ran it realised what's valuable are the programmes themselves.
In the past, I've been quick to make lists of things the BBC does that make it 'the best of Britain' and all that. But that list is getting shorter, with every year that passes.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In the past, I've been quick to make lists of things the BBC does that make it 'the best of Britain' and all that. But that list is getting shorter, with every year that passes.
This is not specifically the fault of presenters and producers and programme makers. This lies higher up.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is not specifically the fault of presenters and producers and programme makers. This lies higher up.
And he's also absolutely right about how timid it's become in many areas *outside of news*.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And he's also absolutely right about how timid it's become in many areas *outside of news*.
I think you should set it to music and sing it. People love that on public transport.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I think you should set it to music and sing it. People love that on public transport.
'I SPOKE TO SOMEONE JUST THE OTHER DAY I FORGET WHO IT WAS'
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
'I SPOKE TO SOMEONE JUST THE OTHER DAY I FORGET WHO IT WAS'