Busy week! Recording with the wonderful Helen in Suffolk, and then Trevor in sunny Weymouth! Belfast next week ✈️

But westward, look, the land is... bright?

Excited to announce that actor Rob Trend has been confirmed to play the lead role in our new radio drama, 'Thank You For Listening'. Rob brings decades worth of incredible experience, including the recent feature film 'Remember Us'. Production is due to start in the summer of

The script is written, lead role cast, and production due to start in the summer. A radio drama based on real stories from hundreds of life story recordings over the years. A real dream of mine to write and produce. Watch this space! 📻

The planning documents for this were nearly 400,000 pages long. Can you imagine? 300 times the complete works of Shakespeare 😵‍💫

This man is a national treasure.

'The idea these people are using the same title as actual astronauts is risible.' 'Essentially, they sat in a taxi. That's not impressive.' Despite being a feminist, journalist Rebecca Reid tells Nick Ferrari she's 'exhausted' by the all-female space flight coverage.

Charlie Brooker is an absolute genius.

Stunning broadcasting from ⁦Paddy O'Connell⁩ #VEDay80

The very concept of ‘first class’ is so dystopian to me. On a train to Exeter being greeted as a ‘standard class’ passenger having parted with nearly 200 quid to sit on the floor.

So thrilled to have rare permission to share a clip from one of my recordings, providing an insight into some of the amazing audio I get to capture week in week out.

A great day in London with Richard and Elaine!

'A brutal assault after a night out left me bloodied, shaken and with nightmares. This is how I dealt with the aftermath' | ✍️ Hugo Rifkind thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Rescued chimpanzee thanks Jane Goodall by giving her a hug

An incredibly important story, beautifully written by Jane and one I was lucky enough to turn into an episode of the weekends The Story podcast.

My podcast for this weekends The Story. It's estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia, and sent to “re-education” camps, forced to renounce their Ukrainian heritage. We hear from two children who were lucky enough to escape. open.spotify.com/episode/1Eq8U5…

This was a fun episode to work on! A tribute to the late Dame Jilly Cooper, packed with all the wit and humour that would have made the queen of the bonkbuster proud The Times and The Sunday Times open.spotify.com/episode/3ojhgJ…

Such a fabulously worded article, I couldn’t agree more! thetimes.co.uk/article/caitli…

Thanks to Catherine Corless, the remains of almost 800 babies born to unmarried mothers at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, will finally have a proper burial thetimes.com/world/ireland-…

An incredibly powerful podcast to have worked on. After over a decade of tireless campaigning, families are now hoping for answers to one of Irelands darkest secrets. A hard listen, but such an important one. open.spotify.com/episode/71Rqgp…