Author, voiceover artist and presenter on BBC Radio Berkshire
Joined May 2009
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Jun 7
A new "Dangerous Tale" for your Sunday! On a patch of space outside a country house, a lifeless area lies waiting. Waiting to take away the very essence of being... Enjoy "The Transfer" by Algernon Blackwood:
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Jun 7
You can listen here, with links to your favourite podcast platforms in the description: youtube.com/watch?v=6LWjYeOG…
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May 25
We had fun solving the mystery of the Reading Witch 🧙 this weekend! Great fun, and I think the birthday girl enjoyed herself too
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May 24
A scary story for your Sunday. Listen to "The Sweeper" by A. M. Burrage. Link in the post below this one 👇
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May 24
Listen here (with links in the video description for your favourite podcast platform) 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=i4fRhYPz…
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May 17
We had a great time at @MillersArk this afternoon - so many great animals, and the volunteers are brilliant. Plus I got to see the lovely donkey Moon who was kidnapped a while back (she’s doing very well now) 🫏
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May 14
May 14
Labour MP Josh Simons says he will stand down to allow Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham the chance to run for Parliament
Follow live: bbc.in/42TTd0V
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May 14
The website is (understandably) slow at the moment, but I managed to get onto Electoral Calculus to see what the analysis/prediction is for Makerfield (this is just if it was part of a general election now, rather than the potentially dramatic specifics of a by-election): 🤓
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May 9
Neat!
Community Notes *do* seem to work.
They reduce the number of reposts for posts that get them, cutting down on their reach and limiting the spread of misinformation!
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May 10
We went to see a delightful treat hidden in Hartley Wintney this weekend: the beautiful gardens of West Green House 🪴
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May 10
A short & sweet one for you today: Ignoring warnings of a curse, the 47th Count of Wrightstone goes to spend time in his historic family castle. If he's lucky, he might merely LIVE to regret it. But if the curse is real, an even worse fate awaits him...
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May 10
Listen here (with links to you favourite podcast platforms in the video description: 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=z-3Aq4FC…
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May 9
Okay, this is interesting. Two parties are tied for second. I know that in Holyrood, there’s not an “official opposition”, but the second-largest party DOES get to ask its questions first in the Scottish equivalent of PMQs. So who gets that, Labour or Reform UK? 🧐
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May 8
Morning fellow politics nerds! I’ll have the latest results - the local picture in Berkshire and the wider results across the UK - from 6am live on @BBCBerkshire bbc.co.uk/news/live/c042pp15…
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In 1880, a newborn in the US could expect to live to 39. Today, 78.
Most people think that's just because fewer babies died. It's not.
A 45-year-old back then could expect to reach 68. Now it's 82. A 65-year-old? Gained nearly a decade. Even 80-year-olds live 3 years longer.
We didn't fix one thing at the start of life. We got better at keeping people alive at every stage of it.
That's a huge win for all.
@OurWorldInData
ALT 140 years of US data show a simple truth: life expectancy rose at every measured age. Not just because fewer infants died. People who had already reached 10, 25, 45, 65, and even 80 also lived longer. Source: Our World in Data; Riley 2005; Zijdeman et al. 2015; Human Mortality Database 2025; UN WPP 2024.
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May 4
A great adventure in Finchampstead Ridges - like and enchanted forest 🌳
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