Tag Archives: Hairspray
The Teen Within…
This week’s Something Understood gives voice to people who I reckon are rarely heard on radio. Teenagers. The readings are all done by young actors and much of the music and poetry you’ll hear was written by them, or about … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children, Culture, France, Germany, History, Media, Music, Radio, Religion
Tagged adolescence, alom shaha, BIG ISSUE, cat stevens, claude tardat, Hairspray, harlem renaissance, janis ian, john steinbeck, John Waters, letter to my younger self, maxim leo, peter capaldi, plum bun, red love, teenagers, the young atheists handbook
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To go or not to go: The freakonomics of the school reunion
This article first appeared in The Big Issue Magazine: Journalism worth paying for. Available from street vendors across the UK or by subscription. “My generation thought we’d fix the world for free. We were LBJ (Lyndon B J cohnson) technocrats.” … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Economics, Education, Film, journalism, Media, Radio, Uncategorized
Tagged 80s, freakonomics, Friends Reunited, Grosse Pointe Blank, Hairspray, Harvard, John Waters, Minnie Driver, Steven Levitt, The Red Book
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Dodging the censors and the draft: Extras on John Waters’ American journey
My special interview with director John Waters for Radio 3 is here. And I’ve posted some of the things that stood out that I had to leave out of the BBC Online news piece I wrote. Most of it should … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Comedy, Crime and Justice, Culture, Film, Media, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, BBC, David Lochary, Desperate Living, Divine, Draftdodging, Dreamlanders, Elizabeth Taylor, Female Trouble, Fruitcake, Gay, Hairspray, Hollywood, Homotopia, John Water, Polyester, Radio 3, Vietnam
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