Category: Local Colour

King James Bible Anniversary Exhibition

17:55 Monday 17th January 2011
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: A five-month exhibition about the creation of the Kings James Bible will open at Cambridge University’s library tomorrow. Experts believe that the bible, published four hundred years ago this year, had an extraordinary effect on our language, and phrases that first appeared then are still in use now. Things like “refusing to give up the ghost” “the salt of the earth” and “a law unto ourself” are some of the phrases which we still use today. The exhibition traces the history of bible translation, and examines the reception the King James version was given. Well earlier I spoke to Peter Meadows. He’s a librarian from the University’s Bible Society, and he told me why the exhibition is so important. (TAPE) Continue reading “King James Bible Anniversary Exhibition”

Posh Ground Redevelopment Debate

07:10 Monday 17th January 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Interviews with Paul Froggitt, Marco Cereste and Ady Mowles about the progress or lack of it on the proposed work at the Peterborough United Football Club stadium. Continue reading “Posh Ground Redevelopment Debate”

Anna Rosier from the Organic Trade Board

10:20 Monday 10th January BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:

ANDY HARPER: Well my New Year’s Resolution is to try and think more about the food I’m buying, and to try and buy more local produce, and to eat more healthily, rather than looking for convenience foods, things that are easier to prepare and knock out straight away, give it a bit more thought, and not buy everything at the supermarket, even though it’s easy just to pull up, do the lot, and then go home. And I must admit it’s going quite well. I went to a local butchers on Saturday, great value on a fresh chicken, great value on some offers on various bits of meat. And then went next door to a greengrocers, and so much cheaper and better than the supermarket. So things are going well. I do buy organic wherever possible, but I’n not dogmatic about organic, as long as I know where something comes from, and it’s freshly produced. But how is the organic business in this country at the moment? Well currently we are sixth in the league of organic consumption. But let’s find out if the economy has been hitting the producers, and indeed the retailers as well. I’m delighted to say we can talk to Anna Rosier from the Organic Trade Board. Anna, good morning to you.
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Bob Satchwell on Old Media, New Media and the Spread of the Metro

17:19 Friday 12th November 2010
Drivetime BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY GALL: Local newspapers could lose out following an announcement by the London freesheet The Metro to hand out fifty thousand extra copies of its daily paper to commuters travelling from the region. People from Cambridge, Peterborough, Ipswich and Bedford will be among those able to read the paper. Bob Satchwell is the Director of the Society of Editors and former editor of the Cambridge Evening News, and we should be able to speak to him now. Good afternoon Bob.
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