Justin Hayward was a teenager when he was drafted into the Moody Blues in 1966. He brought with him one song he had written for his girlfriend. This was called ‘Nights in White Satin,’ which subsequently made a fortune for a lot of people. David Hepworth Read Quote
One of the reasons why ‘Here’s The Thing’, Alec Baldwin’s series of podcasts with ‘artists, policymakers and performers’, is so good is because he’s a big name, so the guests have to deliver. David Hepworth Read Quote
The opening solo on ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ is still the most dramatic radio moment of the year. David Hepworth Read Quote
Others may recognise their world in ‘Eat Sleep Work Repeat’. This podcast is the side project of Bruce Daisley, who works at Twitter. It consists of him talking to experts about what makes us happy at work and why. David Hepworth Read Quote
Back in the 1980s, state-of-the-nation fictions were all set in Manhattan. Now, they’re all in Trump country. Early in ‘S-Town,’ we’re introduced to an actual maze, every branch of which leads to a further junction. This may also be a metaphor. David Hepworth Read Quote
The podcast ‘A History of Jazz’ began telling its story in February – 100 years after the recording of ‘Livery Stable Blues’ by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the start of jazz as a legitimate branch of music. David Hepworth Read Quote
All political careers end in failure, but few did it so quickly as David Cameron’s. He came to power promising not to ‘bang on about Europe’ and ended up having the continent’s name chiselled into the lid of his political coffin. David Hepworth Read Quote
When Shanthi Ranganathan was the featured turn on ‘Hip Hop Saved My Life With Romesh Ranganathan,’ we learned she didn’t allow him to have a girlfriend until he’d finished university, and she learned – to her unfeigned horror – that he used to sneak girls into the house when she was out. David Hepworth Read Quote
