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Ed Reardon’s Week

BY ROGER WATSON I have no doubt that many readers of CSM will already be familiar with the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Ed Reardon’s Week. I write this in the hope that I can point some others towards this excellent programme, which began in 2005 and ran its 16th series this year. The eponymous star, played by co-creator Christopher Douglas, is a grumpy, slightly misanthropic failed writer. He … Continue reading Ed Reardon’s Week

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Critical Points of View

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Since appearing live for an hour on a BBC Radio 4 programme where I was asked to defend the British Countryside against preposterous accusations of being systemically racist,  I (and the magazine) received around seventy communications – from members of the public and regular readers. You can listen to that Radio 4 show, Antisocial, hosted by Adam Fleming, here. Out of the … Continue reading Critical Points of View

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