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Libby Purves has loved the medium of radio all her life. She has worked with it for almost thirty years, and been made happy, angry, frustrated, delighted, amused, tender and furious from both sides of the microphone. In this revealing, at times hilarious memoir, Libby weaves together her own experiences with the story of radio's birth and development from the days of the romantic pioneers of 2LO, through the pirate era to the mushrooming of local radio and the development of aggressive news. In the process, she gives a very personal view of the journey of British radio from John Reith to John Birt and beyond.
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Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. She lives in Suffolk with her husband the broadcaster and writer Paul Heiney.
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Always fascinating and, at times, very funny indeed. * Woman & Home * studded with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes . . . Passionate, engaging and entertaining * The Times * This book has a ready-made readership among dedicated Radio 4 listeners. * Sunday Telegraph * Does for radio what Joanne Harris did for chocolate * Lynne Truss, Sunday Times * Frank without being catty. * Lincolnshire Echo * The must-read . . . Always fascinating and, at times, vey funny indeed. * Woman & Home * an insightful account of the history of the medium * Press Gazette * You will love this book however slim your knowledge of radio. * Devon Today *
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- PublisherHodder and Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0340822414
- ISBN 13 9780340822418
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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