The death of Tony Curtis.
Tony Curtis talking to Jonathan Ross in 2008
Archives for September 2010
It's coming.
The master recording, being sent off today to be copied
David Miliband steps down from front bench politics
David Miliband at the Labour conference.
A full interview with David Miliband in PM.
Here's an extract from a letter sent this evening from David Miliband to his constituency Chairman Alan Donnelly.
From: The Rt Hon David Miliband, MP
To: Alan Donnelly, the chair of South Shields Labour Party:
"...On the day that nominations closed for the Shadow Cabinet, I think it right to explain to you and party members why I think I can best support him (Ed) from the back benches. The party needs a fresh start from its new leader, and I think that is more likely to be achieved if I make a fresh start. This has not been an easy decision, but having thought it through, and discussed it with family and friends I am absolutely confident it is the right decision for Ed, for the party, and for me and the family."
"...this is now Ed's Party to lead and he needs to be able to do so as free as possible from distraction. Any new leader needs time and space to set his or her own direction, priorities and policies. I believe this will be harder if there is constant comparison with my comments and position as a member of the Shadow Cabinet. This is because of the simple fact that Ed is my brother, who has just defeated me for the Leadership. I genuinely fear perpetual, distracting and destructive attempts to find division where there is none, and splits where they don't exist, all to the detriment of the Party's cause."
Great Railway Journeys of the World
We had a big response from listeners - more of which in "previously on PM" on Friday's programme. We broadcast the edited version of two interviews recorded shortly before 17.00. Some questions and answers - which shed light on what happened - had to be cut out for timing reasons. Here is the full version:
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As many listeners observed...what IS it with Terms and Conditions? Do people read them?
Sent to us by Lucy Sweetman
Ed Miliband.
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What has the Commonwealth ever done for YOU?
The Queen: head of the
Very soon the Commonwealth Games will take place - it's hoped without any of the problems that still afflict the preparation.
This Saturday on iPM, we're planning a programme that will try to answer this question:
what has the Commonwealth ever done for YOU? And because it's iPM, the programme that starts with its listeners, we want to look at the Commonwealth not through its institutions but through the experience of people.
The Commonwealth has been around for decades and touched the lives of millions of people. Are you one of them?
Whenever it happened, whatever the experience, what did the Commonwealth do for you? Drop me an email to ipm@bbc.co.uk.
Goodbye deer.
This is Annie Stack, vice-chair of , who has .
Holiday 2011?
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Gabriel sends these words and pictures:
The Zab River in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. It's beautiful countryside, and... it's pretty safe.
The sheep share the riverbanks with exotic birds: bee-eaters, hoopoes. We even saw a family of wild boar rooting around, though we didn't manage to snap them
Azzam Alwash, the man with the raft. He's an Iraqi American environmentalist who wants to turn Kurdistan into a haven for eco-tourists
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Baghdad Bureau on its first rafting-outing. We feel like pioneers.
We filmed it all, for posterity. But it wasn't easy. Here's Becky Lipscombe, our producer, with improvised waterproof head-cam. (The sound recorder was wrapped in a plastic bag, stuffed in the pocket of her life-jacket)
Moose, the cameraman, blithely jumped into an inflatable kayak with his camera.
But we think the pictures were worth it....
We talk a lot terror in Iraq. This bit was pretty terrifying...
Mike Crane, from Vermont, recently gave up a job doing reconstruction work for the US state department in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's birthplace. Now he's hoping to attract foreign oil workers to come to Kurdistan to do this kind of thing in their spare time.
We're certainly the first foreigners these locals have seen floating down the river. They're not too sure about rafting....
...but they did share their seriously impressive picnic with us: dolma - stuffed vegetables and flat breads."
What sound is this?
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Kittens.
..in response to Fifi on the post below.
Those who live in glass boxes...
| 12:09 UK time, Wednesday, 22 September 2010
This is where the transparency comes in. We're very keen to hear from our listeners, and we read every post and email, but for us, the glass boxes haven't yielded all we'd hoped. The photos are lovely, and we often follow up ideas from listeners, but they almost always come from email rather than the blog. It seems that's the way most listeners choose to contact us.
So please continue to send us your thoughts on email- and there'll be plenty of lovely things on the blog, but I'm afraid this evening, the Glass Boxes will be taken out and smashed.
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The Roadside Caff Blues
The motley crew (Chris Prosho, Anton Hecht, Mark Harrison and John Medd) at The Limes on the A614, near Bilsthorpe in Nottinghamshire.
Listener John Medd wrote asking us to look into the demise of the transport caff:
"Where once our A roads were littered with transport caffs - the sort that were depicted in B movies, heist films and episodes of The Sweeney - now all that's left is a handful of truck stops, Little Chefs and Motorway Services."
John took another listener and artist Anton Hecht to The Limes, his favourite transport caff. There they spoke to the diners and the owner Mark Harrison to create 'The Roadside Caff Blues'.
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'A critical but stable condition'
"How often do you hear that someone in the news is in a 'critical but stable condition' in intensive care?"
Catherine White wrote wondering how many people have any idea what that means for the patient.
Four years ago, aged 31, Catherine was herself in a 'critical but stable' condition and says the experience was far more harrowing than she would have expected.
It began as a very sore throat. The sore throat turned into streptococcus septicaemia, multiple organ failure and she was rushed to intensive care, where she spent 17 days.
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You can visit the where you can download the information booklet Catherine helped create.
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PM glass box for Friday
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Roger Sawyer is in charge tonight. Anything could happen. Give your verdict on the programme and he'll look through your comments after we finish our post programme meeting at 6pm.
Thanks,
sequin
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BEACH
Couldn't resist showing you another view of another Vatersay beach on the Outer Hebrides.....though my holiday there is feeling a very long time ago indeed. I need some relaxation on a virtual beach...
see you all there...
sequin
PM Glass box for Thursday
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It's Eloise Twisk in charge tonight. Tell her what you thought of the programme and she will look through your comments after we've finished our post pogramme meeting at 6pm.
sequin
AM glass box for thursday
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sequin
PM Glass Box for Wednesday
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It's Eloise Twisk editing this evening. If you put your comments here about the programme she will read through them when we have finished our own glass box meeting at 6pm.
sequin
The Election Artist
We'll be hearing tonight from Simon Roberts, the photographer who trailed the politicians during the election campaign. His exhibition opens today at the House of Commons and here are a few examples:
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PM Glass box for tuesday
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Joanna Carr is supremo tonight. If you tell her what you thought of the programme she'll read through your comments after our own post programme meeting at 6pm.
sequin
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PM Glass Box for monday
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Roger Sawyer is editing tonight, so why not tell him what you thought of the programme. He'll look through your comments once we've finished our own post programme meeting at 6pm.
sequin
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iPM: the terrifying 'doodlebug' bomb
As a young child Rosemary Clarke vividly recalls the sound of the war from her home in Essex. She remembers the Battle of Britain, but it was the so-called 'doodlebug' bombs at the end of the war that were most terrifying.
iPM invited the historian to talk to Rosemary about what she remembers:
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You can listen again or download the full programme from the iPM podcast page. If there's something you'd like to hear on the programme or a sentence of news you'd like to send email ipm@bbc.co.uk
PM Glass Box for Friday
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Charlie Bell is our editor on PM this afternoon - so tell him what you thought of the programme. He'll look through your comments after our post-programme meeting at 6pm.
sequin
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The Beach
Do you think this beach is in
a) the Seychelles?
b) the Caribbean?
or
c) the Outer Hebrides?
No prizes for guessing .....but the clue is that I took the photo!!
sequin
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sequin
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sequin
PM Glass Box for Wednesday
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Sequin
AM glass box
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Speak later,
Sequin
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Lang Lang
On PM tonight, Chinese-born pianist Lang Lang speaks to our Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones. At the end of the interview he gave a special performance of Chopin's Polonaise No 6 in A Flat Major.
No time to hear it all on the programme tonight, so here it is
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"Will building a play area where there's a problem with anti-social behaviour actually make it worse?"
Asks Cathy Stevens, pictured here with her daughters. Cathy's been battling for the last five years to get a playpark built in a Southampton suburb. But she just found out their funding has been withdraw.
Playgrounds have been one of the first areas to be affected by the cuts and hundreds of community playground schemes in England will not now go ahead.
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"At 51, I heard birdsong for the first time"
And this is Richard now in .
When a friend suggested he go for cochlear implant tests, he thought he was probably too old at 51 and that it was unlikely to work for him.
But he was wrong. I spoke to Richard six weeks after he'd had the implant 'switched on' and he can barely believe everything he's hearing. He's also astounded at what a noisy world we live in.
Richard was taught to lip read and speak orally as a child. His speech is clear and we had no trouble communicating, but Richard and I decided to use an actor alongside his voice where we felt it would be easier to follow on radio.
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Richard would also like to thank the staff at .
If you've an idea or something you'd like to hear on the programme comment below, email ipm[at]bbc.co.uk or .
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The Furrowed Brow
This is the place on the PM blog where you're invited to talk about serious things in a serious way. We'll refresh it when it gets too full.
Here is the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown promoting The Furrowed Brow by pointing to his own brow at the Labour party conference in 2009.
If it's fun you are after, head for the Beach.
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