Monthly Archives: June 2012
New BBC TV series on its way: A Very British Murder
I’ve spent part of the weekend clearing out old research notes and making some new folders marked ‘Murder’. No, not a new hobby, just a new TV series on its way. ‘A Very British Murder’, its working title, was announced by the BBC this week: read the official press release here. We’re so early on
Continue ReadingDorothy Hartley brings me to tears
So far there my TV life there have been three people, when I’ve interviewed them on camera, who have managed to bring a little tear to my eye. The first was a lady who escaped Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains as a girl, describing being reunited with her parents at the end
Continue ReadingStill feeling a bit 1952 after a weekend of cake and bunting?
Then you might like my article in the current Waitrose Weekend about the 1950s kitchen … Oh, there was plenty to celebrate in the 1950s. Rationing finally came to an end. Marriage rates were at their highest ever. The ‘Festival of Britain’ set a new tone of optimism. No wonder, upon the accession of a
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