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Alice Arnold (broadcaster)
Alice Arnold (born 1962) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She was a News presenter, newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 for more than twenty years until the end of December 2012. She currently works for Bauer Media Audio UK hosting on Magic (UK radio station)#Mellow_Magic, Mellow Magic. Early life She attended the independent Claremont Fan Court School in Esher, Surrey, where Michaela Strachan was three years below her. After gaining a degree in politics from the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress at the Drama Studio London, Drama Studio in Ealing and was in the musical ''Evita (musical), Evita'' for a year.Alison Robert"Alice Arnold: You look at men of a certain age on TV and think: 'If you were a woman, you wouldn’t be there' " ''Evening Standard'', 8 January 2013 She was a Magistrates of England and Wales, magistrate for ten years from the age of thirty in Tottenham. Career and public profile Arnold joined the BBC Radio Drama Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esher, Surrey
Esher ( ) is a town in the borough of Borough of Elmbridge, Elmbridge in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole, Surrey, River Mole. Esher is an outlying suburb of London, close to the London–Surrey border; with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks a southern limit of the Greater London Urban Area, Greater London Built-Up Area. Elevations range from 10m to 47m above ordnance datum, sea level. Esher has a linear settlement, linear commercial high street and is otherwise suburban in density, with varying elevations, few high rise buildings and very short sections of dual carriageway within the wards of the United Kingdom, ward itself. Esher covers a large area, between 13 and 15.4 miles southwest of Charing Cross. In the south it is bounded by the A3 Portsmouth Road which is of urban motorway standard and buffered by the Esher Commons. Esher is bisected by the A307 road, A307, historically the Portsmouth Road, which for approximately forms its high stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham
Tottenham (, , , ) is a district in north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton, London, Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in the late 19th century, becoming a Working class, working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the Lower middle class, lower-middle and working classes. It has been home to the Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur since 1882. The parish of Municipal Borough of Tottenham, Tottenham was granted Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the World War II, Second World War, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Partnerships In The United Kingdom
Civil partnership in the United Kingdom is a form of civil union between couples open to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. It was introduced via the Civil Partnership Act 2004, ''Civil Partnership Act 2004'' by the Labour government. The Act initially permitted only same-sex couples to form civil partnerships, but the law was expanded to include different-sex couples in 2019. History Civil partnerships were introduced for Same-sex relationship, same-sex couples under the terms of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, ''Civil Partnership Act 2004''. Before this, an informal London Partnership Register had been set up in 2001 by then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone but without any legal recognition. In February 2018, the United Kingdom Government, United Kingdom and Scottish Government, Scottish governments began reviewing civil partnerships, potentially to expand them to include opposite-sex couples. In June 2018, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening Standard
The ''London Standard'', formerly the ''Evening Standard'' (1904–2024) and originally ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free of charge in London, England. It is printed in tabloid format, and also has an online edition. In October 2009, after being bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and multiple editions every day, and became a free newspaper publishing a single print edition every weekday, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would reduce print publication to once weekly, after nearly 200 years of daily publication, as it had become unprofitable. Daily publication ended on 19 September 2024. The first weekly edition was published on 26 September 2024 under the new name of ''The London Standard''. History From 1827 to 2009 The newspaper was founded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. It was moderately Liberalism, liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dame (title)
''Dame'' is a traditionally British honorific title given to women who have been admitted to certain orders of chivalry. It is the female equivalent of ''Sir'', the title used by knights. Baronetesses in their own right also use the title ''Dame''. A woman appointed to the grades of Dame Commander or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of the Bath, the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Royal Victorian Order, or the Order of the British Empire becomes a dame. A Central European order in which female members receive the rank of Dame is the Order of Saint George. Since there is no female equivalent to a Knight Bachelor, women are always appointed to an order of chivalry. Women who are appointed to the Order of the Garter or the Order of the Thistle are given the title of Lady rather than Dame. Women receive all their honours in the same fashion as men receiving decorations or medals, even if they are receiving a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Corfield
Coriona Kear Ware Corfield is a radio broadcaster and producer known especially for her newsreading and continuity announcements on BBC Radio 4. Early life and education She was born 1961 in Oxford. Raised near Stratford-upon-Avon, Corfield was educated at Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, where she became Head Girl. She then read English and Drama at Goldsmiths, University of London Broadcasting career She joined the BBC as a studio manager in 1983 with the World Service. In 1987 she worked at the new BBC 648, and also became a newsreader for the World Service and read the news on Radio 4 from 1988. Between 1991 and 1995 she lived in South Africa, where she worked at Radio 702. She also worked as a producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She returned to Radio 4 in 1995. Over a period from late 2010, with colleague Kathy Clugston, Corfield persuaded broadcasters connected with Radio 4 to don the ' slanket of con', a garment purportedly worn by co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in Microblogging, short posts commonly known as "Tweet (social media), tweets" (officially "posts") and Like button, like other users' content. The platform also includes direct message, direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok (chatbot), Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen Against
''Listen Against'' is a BBC Radio 4 series. Its title is a play on the name of the BBC's Listen Again service. Presented by Jon Holmes and Alice Arnold (broadcaster), Alice Arnold, it takes a surreal look at the week's radio. Created by Jon Holmes, it is co-written by Bill Dare, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, Carl Carter (writer), Carl Carter and Tony Cooke, Gareth Gwynn, Matt Charlton, and Adam Buxton. Air dates Series 1 * Episode 1 – 2007-11-14 * Episode 2 – 2007-11-21 * Episode 3 – 2007-11-28 * Episode 4 – 2007-12-05 Series 2 * Episode 1 – 2008-11-18 * Episode 2 – 2008-11-25 * Episode 3 – 2008-12-02 * Episode 4 – 2008-12-09 Series 3 * Episode 1 – 2010-09-07 * Episode 2 – 2010-09-14 * Episode 3 – 2010-09-21 * Episode 4 – 2010-09-28 Series 4 * Episode 1 – 2011-11-03 * Episode 2 – 2011-11-10 * Episode 3 – 2011-11-17 * Episode 4 – 2011-11-24 External linksRadio 4 - Listen Againstofficial homepageRadio 4 - Listen Against series 3page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1973) is a British comedian, writer, presenter and broadcaster. His work includes '' The Skewer'', ''The Now Show'', ''Listen Against'' (for BBC Radio 4), along with both music and spoken word radio. He has also appeared on television. Early life Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Holmes was raised in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Holmes was adopted when he was aged one month. He attended Canterbury Christ Church College, where he graduated with a joint degree in English with radio, film and television. He became involved with university radio station ''C4 Radio'' and also wrote, directed and performed in various student revue shows; he became a presenter on Canterbury's local radio station KMFM Canterbury (then CTFM). Career After graduation, Holmes's first foray into BBC radio comedy was for BBC Radio 4 with his debut comedy series ''Grievous Bodily Radio'' in 1997. He also had a show on Power FM on Sunday nights. The ''Jon & Andy Show'' (with Andy Hurst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today (BBC Radio 4)
''Today'', colloquially known as ''the Today programme'', is BBC Radio 4's long-running morning news and current-affairs radio programme. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 06:00 to 09:00 (starting on Saturday at 07:00), it is produced by BBC News and is the highest-rated programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks. In-depth political interviews and reports are interspersed with regular news bulletins, as well as '' Thought for the Day''. It has been voted the most influential news programme in Britain in setting the political agenda, with an average weekly listening audience around 6 million. History ''Today'' was launched on the BBC Home Service on 28 October 1957 as a programme of "topical talks" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music. The programme's founders were Isa Benzie and Janet Quigley. Benzie gave the programme its name and served as its first '' de facto'' editor. It was initially broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken News
''Broken News'' is a comedy programme shown on BBC Two in late 2005. The show poked fun at the world of 24-hour rolling news channels. The title of the show is a play on the phrase "breaking news". It had six thirty-minute episodes. Having previously worked on programmes such as '' People Like Us'' and ''The Sunday Format'', the show's production team worked closely with writer and director John Morton. The show jump cut between its various spoof TV channels, which covered both the central story and other stories that would be of interest to their audience. A large part of the comedy came from observations about the nature of news presentation rather than the stories themselves. The programme centred on Britain's addiction to 24-hour news channels. Each week, ''Broken News'' looked at a fictitious news story such as "Tomato Flu" or "The End of the Rain". Its massive cast of 145 actors played newsreaders and reporters on different networks. It was released on DVD Region 2 on 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
