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God Next Door – BBC Radio 4
My new documentary - God Next Door - out now on BBC Sounds.
Read → July 26, 2024Listen
One day, Darryl will realise that talking will never earn him a living’
Mrs Lewis, Year 3. Oh, really, Mrs Lewis?
Here you will find some of the best bits from my radio show and beyond.
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Searching for Nicola: TikTok Sleuths and ‘Grief Junkies’
The disappearance of Nicola Bulley has attracted an industry of TikTok sleuths and amateur detectives - some sharing theories online, others visiting the scene to make content. Who are these people? And what draws somebody to the scene of a disappearance?
Read → February 15, 2023Listen
Dark Patterns – Out Now on BBC Sounds
I have made a new documentary called Dark Patterns - and it’s all about the manipulative tricks that some websites use to make us click and buy.
Read → February 15, 2022Listen
Times Radio: Manchester Arena Bombing Anniversary
May marked the fourth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing – and while four years isn’t a significant anniversary, it was the anniversary of something very significant. I joined Times Radio, live from the heart of Manchester, to reflect on those four years and the events being held to mark
Read → June 03, 2021Listen
The Art of Small Talk
Hello. How are you? How did you get here? Via the A6? I love that road. How are you at small talk? That inconsequential chit chat in the street, the office, the supermarket or at the start of a party? As we take stock of the fall-out from the pandemic,
Read → March 01, 2021Listen
In Conversation with… the BBC’s Chris Mason
I guest hosted an episode of the RadioToday Programme and wide reaching chat with Chris Mason - about radio, journalism, accents, Westminster, reporting on Brexit and that time he had to fill for three hours live on BBC One.
Read → February 19, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Are We Suffering Optimism Bias?
What is Optimism Bias? And how is it affecting our response to the pandemic? Marie Helweg-Larsen - psychology professor at Dickinson College - joined me on talkRADIO to explain.
Read → January 25, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Jordan North… In Conversation
2020 was the year of pandemic and protest - but it was also the year the nation fell in love with Radio 1 presenter Jordan North. Jordan joined for a long chat about his time on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, his love of radio and growing
Read → January 06, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Amanda Prowse and Josh Hartley on Mental Health and Depression
Author Amanda Prowse and son Josh Hartley joined me on talkRADIO to talk about their new book – The Boy Between – in which they chart Josh’s experience with depression and how Amanda stepped in to help. It’s a story of a mother’s love, but it also takes on some
Read → January 06, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Patrick Hutchinson – Everybody Versus Racism
In the summer of 2020, in the heat of the Black Lives Matter protests, an image of Patrick Hutchinson made the world stop and pay attention.
Read → November 14, 2020