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Sound Women Make A Noise

Tracy Ramsden | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Tracy Ramsden

And so to last night's - the Oscars of the audio broadcasting world - where it seems 2013 marked something of a victory for the industry. Could it be that radio is finally acknowledging the power of woman?

Why This Tuesday Is a Big Day for TV

James Emtage | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK Tech
James Emtage

If you look closely on some news channels, like Sky News and Channel 4 News, you'll see the public are starting to contribute using their G+ profiles to join the news team's Hangout. They film themselves on their webcams and talk into the microphones on their laptops, whilst being streamed into a live TV programme.

Did You Feel the Rumble?

Gemma Cairney | Posted 29.03.2013 | Home
Gemma Cairney

Yesterday was Rumble in the Jumble Part 2. A jumble sale I helped organise. It was quite different to your ordinary jumble sale, it was a fundraising event.

Christmas Presents, Top 3, ACT FAST

Gemma Cairney | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Gemma Cairney

Oh my giddy aunt. Perhaps quite literally in fact, because it is the time for celebrated giddiness. It's getting closer and closer and closer. Mind scramble? Good intentions and a hell of a lot of love to give, right? But what about the actual presents?

There's a Revolution Happening, Right Now

Jamal Edwards | Posted 25.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Jamal Edwards

Politicians always assume that young people don't have a valid opinion. That they're not interested in decision-making, or politics, or the way the country is run. Well they are. And I am. And I see how much young people care every day of my life. There's a revolution happening at the moment - a movement of young people learning the power of free speech, and the importance of getting their voices heard on the issues that matter to them the most.

Riots: The Aftershock

Gemma Cairney | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK
Gemma Cairney

I heard on the radio yesterday a young policeman describing some rioters who had attached Stanley knives to sticks to use as weapons. This is gutting and the new statistics are stomach-churning. One of the things that I remember most from those evenings last year is the fear. That crippling feeling of the unknown. How close to our homes were they going to get? Why?

11 Steps to the Best Weekend Ever

Gemma Cairney | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Gemma Cairney

I'm a Londoner get me outta here. If you're like me and sometimes find yourself, almost bleeding in love for a fantastical yet exhausting city, yearning to look out at nothing but a field or the sea? Then I have something for you.

Experiencing BBC's Free Speech

Jason Reed | Posted 02.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Jason Reed

Aimed at the younger end of the voting demographic, I was soon pondering as to why a youth based political show hadn't come to fruition sooner. With a blissfully simple premise, and from the makers of Question Time, I had high hopes for the show.