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I just looked around and he was gone : 1979 : Jerry Dennis, Durham University by grantgoddard
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I just looked around and he was go...by Grant Goddard
"I am here for the Accommodation Office, please," I said with trepidation to the uniformed man behind the huge wooden reception desk in the lobby of the Old Sh...
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You little trust-maker, you're a heart-breaker : 2006 : Claire Enders by grantgoddard
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You little trust-maker, you're a h...by Grant Goddard
I was seated in the London Coliseum in St Martin's Lane watching a performance, hardly my usual weekday evening entertainment. It was my first time 'at the opera' and I...
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LBC, London's whitest conversation? : 2007 : 'Is Radio Racist?', Radio Academy by grantgoddard
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LBC, London's whitest conversation...by Grant Goddard
The conversation at the Radio Academy event in London entitled 'Is Radio Racist?' became heated when the chairman, 'LBC' morning show presenter James O'Brien [JO], was q...
My application wins our pirate station a London radio licence : 1989 : KISS FM by grantgoddard
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My application wins our pirate sta...by Grant Goddard
It was only just daylight when I suddenly realised that the phone was ringing. It seemed to take me ages to drag my weary body out of bed, as the phone continued to ring...
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The customer is always "a crazy, crazy man" : 2000 : Indian Consulate, Toronto by grantgoddard
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The customer is always "a crazy, c...by Grant Goddard
India? I might have loved the 1980 song of that name by 'The Psychedelic Furs' but had never entertained going there. Then an email arrived from John Catlett, who had hi...
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Caribbean drubbing on 'Armageddon-like' day : 2024 : Hurricane Beryl, Carriacou by grantgoddard
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Caribbean drubbing on 'Armageddon...by Grant Goddard
"Clackety-clack clackety-clack, from Kalamazoo to Timbuctoo, from Timbuctoo and back!" As a young reader, I learned these words by heart from a favourite child...