LBC Plaque unveiled in Gough Square Jonathan Perry 2023-10-10 | A blue plaque commemorating the birthplace of commercial radio in the UK, 50 years ago, has been unveiled in a ceremony at Gough Square, EC4.The plaque hangs on a building that now stands on the site of Communications House, the home of LBC and IRN from 1973 to 1990.The event, which took place on Friday, was organised by the LBC@50 reunion committee.Both LBC and IRN helped the careers of many names including Jon Snow, Gyles Brandreth, Janet Street-Porter, Clive Myrie and Jeff Stelling.Radio 4’s Today programme presenter Martha Kearney, who started her career as an LBC trainee, was in charge of ceremonies, she said: “Out of creative anarchy, a revolutionary radio station was born which changed the face of British broadcasting forever. Those of us who worked together in Gough Square will never forget those crazy days.”From the basement of Communications House in 1973, a crowd of inexperienced journalists took on BBC radio. There was very little money, and the first few months were total mayhem. Even some of the staff begged managers to delay the launch.A special video, produced by LBC@50 to mark the anniversary, was enjoyed by 250 veterans who a attended the reunion party. The video hears from former employees:“All I can remember about the first day was chaos. The studios weren’t even finished,” says Janet Street-Porter.Gyles Brandreth added: “I have vivid memories of day one. My job was to set puzzles around the adverts just to keep people listening, as the whole idea of commercial breaks was so novel.”Former head of BBC Radio Dame Jenny Abramsky remembers tuning in: “The BBC’s first reaction was, oh, this isn’t going to be a problem!”From its shaky beginnings, things began to change for LBC and IRN. Radio critic Gillian Reynolds says the arrival of commercial radio was, “a huge change and it scared the living daylights out of a lot of people.”LBC pioneered the live news report from the scene of a breaking story – young reporter Jon Snow getting on his bike to file, live from a terrorist siege on a walkie-talkie.“There was a sense of absolute immediacy about it, and I realised this was what radio was all about,” he says.
Tom Swarbrick and Dr Anna Lembke discusses the role of Dopamine in addiction. Jonathan Perry 2021-10-31 | Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, discusses the important role that Dopamine plays between pleasure and pain. Her new book is In Dopamine Nation.
Andrew Castle interview with GP, Dame Clare Gerada Jonathan Perry 2021-09-11 | A feisty interview with Andrew Castle and Dame Clare Gerada, a south London GP about the difficulties and waiting times to visit a GP.
Red arrows Saturday 4th September Bournemouth air festival Jonathan Perry 2021-09-05 | Very hazy. Just a small compilation.
Wingwalker 2021 Bournemouth Air Festival (pre crash) Jonathan Perry 2021-09-05 | Moments before the crash The Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers are billed at the world's only formation wingwalking team.Since they were founded in 1984, they have performed at more than 2,500 different events in 20 different countries.The aircraft used by the team are modified 1940 Boeing 'Super Stearman' biplanes.Manoeuvres with the wingwalkers on top include loops, rolls, stall turns and inverted flight.During these manoeuvres the wingwalkers experience speeds of up to 150mph and 'G' forces of up to 4G.
Bournemouth Air Festival Day one (Night Air) Jonathan Perry 2021-09-03 | RAF Typhoon, Tigers FFT Parachute Team and the Fireflies
Bluebells in Pamphill Jonathan Perry 2021-05-14 | Bluebells in Pamphill, part of the Kingston Lacey estate.
London Fire Brigade Carol Concert 1985 Jonathan Perry 2020-11-26 | A Festival of Christmas Carols at Central Hall Westminster. In the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince and Princess of Wales. Wednesday 18th December 1985
Iain Dale and Employment Barrister Daniel Barnett on LBC Radio. British Airways staff contracts Jonathan Perry 2020-05-29 | The Unite union has claimed that British Airways plans to fire the vast majority of its workforce and rehire them on reduced pay and worse terms.BA informed unions last month that it was holding a consultation on as many as 12,000 job cuts. The notice under section 188 of the Trade Union Act means workers could be made redundant as soon as 15 June.Relations between the company’s owner, International Airlines Group, and the unions have broken down. BA’s boss, Alex Cruz, wrote a letter to staff on Friday criticising the Unite and the GMB unions for failing to attend consultation meetings to discuss the plans. Balpa, the pilots’ union, had engaged in consultations, the airline said.The unions say they are unable to negotiate with the airline on major job cuts and changes to working conditions while workers are furloughed, as meetings of large groups of people are difficult.Both Unite and GMB are understood to be considering legal action against BA on the basis that a meaningful consultation is impossible during lockdown.Unite’s general secretary, Len McCluskey said: “We cannot tolerate BA using this crisis as cover to impose a long-term plan to slash jobs, pay and conditions. No other employer has threatened to effectively fire and rehire its entire workforce. Over 40,000 loyal BA staff now face the prospect of losing either their livelihoods or potentially being re-interviewed for their own jobs on vastly reduced terms and conditions.“If the proposals were about dealing with the Covid crisis, why is the company threatening to terminate contracts, including eliminating disciplinary procedures? This will not help the company get through Covid-19. This is nothing more than a cynical act of corporate greed and a betrayal of the BA workforce and Britain.”McCluskey has written to the IAG board demanding it withdraw the section 188 notice, which the union argues would give more time for meaningful negotiations.The airline says the job cuts are necessary because of the prospect of lower demand for flights for years to come.A BA spokeswoman said: “We are acting now to protect as many jobs possible. The airline industry is facing the deepest structural change in its history, as well as facing a severely weakened global economy. We are committed to consulting openly with our unions and our people as we prepare for a new future.”
Yehudi Menuhin. Brahms Violin Concerto, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. (1943) Jonathan Perry 2020-05-11 | A rare recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D (Op. 77) and the bach Solo Partita No3 in E Recorded at BBC Maida Vale in 1943. The following is a recent blog post from Mary Lawson who was the recording engineer at the BBC Maida Vale. Yehudi Menuhin, the now renowned violinist and former child prodigy whom I had heard on the wireless in my school days, would arrive from the US and be the soloist with Adrian Boult and the BBC SO. As he was being flown over by the US Air Force the Estimated Time of Arrival was uncertain, so I had to be prepared for any possibility. I spent the morning selecting the sharpest sapphire cutters and doing test recordings on reels of film to find any flaws in the surface coating which might affect the track. He was to play the Brahms Violin Concerto so I examined the score and marked all the appropriate bars for machine Change Overs. Early in the afternoon I was told by the SRE to make a brief visit upstairs. A brief glimpse through the Studio 1 window and I saw the handsome 27 year old chatting to Adrian Boult. From the "ten seconds from now -" to the final labelling of the reels, I was so busy that I recall nothing of the performance. Fortunately, I had not yet switched off the machines when the soloist filled a few remaining minutes of recording time by playing Bach's Partita No 3 in E. The reels were collected and taken away with the rest of that day's output of recordings. An unrewarding part of our job was that our product, after being broadcast a few times would often be scrapped. Imagine my surprise when the publication BBC Music Magazine / September 1997 issue gave for the free monthly CD, a remastered dubbing of this Menuhin recording which I had made 54 years before, and it included the Bach Partita. Also, in BBC Music Magazine / December 2017 in the series 'Music that changed me,' Gábor Takács-Nagy , violinist and conductor chooses this recording of Menuhin's performance of the Brahms Concerto. Thanks to the surprising popularity of the 1942 season in the Albert Hall, the 1943 Proms began in mid-June for an eight week summer season Two orchestras, the BBC Symphony and the London Philharmonic and conductors Henry Wood, Adrian Boult and Basil Cameron shared the load. Concerts began at 6.30 pm so that people could be back in time for their nightly and overnight wartime duties.
Steve Allen mysteriously goes off-air on LBC after a mention of Supermarket Sweep. Jonathan Perry 2019-09-11 | A contributor to the Steve Allen show on LBC asked what Steve thougt of the new Supermarket sweep, hosted by Rylan. It was originally hosted by Dale Winton, Steve Allen's best friend. Did Dale have a hand in the gremlins?
Simon Bates, Sally Meen and Sadie Nine at Liberty 963 Jonathan Perry 2019-04-30 | A little chaotic fun in my year producing the Simon Bates breakfast show at Liberty 963. Sally Meen brought her gorgeous dog Jack into he studio! I then looked after him for a week.
Friends and fun in Bournemouth March 1999 Jonathan Perry 2019-04-28 | Visit and meal with friends Chris, Steve, Simon, Jonnie, Sally, Piers, Isobel at Le Bateau in Poole.
Barcelona trip with Simon, James and Dean Jonathan Perry 2019-04-28 | 20th November 2003. A trip to Barcelona
Hong Kong visit Jan 2019 Richard and Jonathan Jonathan Perry 2019-01-15 | A few sights and sounds including Victoria Harbour symphony of lights and the Ocean Park and markets
LBC Radio 45th anniversary party. 8th October 2018 Jonathan Perry 2018-10-09 | A reunion for the staff who worked at LBC Radio. The UK's first licensed commercial radio station, commenced broadcasts on Monday 8th October 1973. The launch of LBC also saw the beginning of IRN's broadcasting, as LBC provided the service to independent local radio stations nationwide.
Elisabeth Perry and Melita Kolin performing Bach, Beethoven and Brahms sonatas. Jonathan Perry 2018-08-14 | Bach Sonata No 1 in B minorBeethoven sonata No 6 in A majorBrahms sonata No 1 in G MajorRecorded in Bournemouth on Sunday 27th May 2007 Elisabeth Perry: ViolinMelita Kolin: Piano Azima Melita Kolin is a concert pianist, artist and writer. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she graduated from the Music Academy of Sofia, Academy Santa Cecilia in Rome, and finished with distinction “Virtuosity” at Geneva Conservatory. After winning prizes at the International competitions in Leipzig, Barcelona and Taormina, she gave numerous recitals and concerts with orchestras in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France, England and America. She created the Dunvegan Chamber Music Festival on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, which she directed for ten years and performed with many international guest musicians.Elisabeth Perry received her early training as a founder pupil of the Yehudi Menuhin School, making her debut at the age of 14 at the Royal Albert Hall. She later performed and recorded the Bach Double with Lord Menuhin. A graduate of the Juilliard School, under Dorothy Delay and Oscar Shumsky, she has garnered awards on both sides of the Atlantic including the Concert Artists Guild Competion (NY). At age 19 she performed Bartok”s 2nd violin concerto in Chicago. During this period she was a performer in the group Continuum and recorded Leon Kirchner”s Duo with Joel Sachs for Musical Heritage.She moved to the Netherlands in 1990 and holds the position of concertmaster with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and teaches at the Utrecht Conservatorium. She is an active chamber musician with the Rietveld ensemble and the Bellamy string quartet.
Bournemouth Bourne Free Parade 2018 Jonathan Perry 2018-07-14 | Bourne Free is an annual celebration of all diversities that live in Bournemouth and surrounding areas and the constant strive towards universal equality for all through entertainment and awareness.Bourne Free was originally set up in 2004 when a far right organisation was due to come to Bournemouth and preach that homosexuality was wrong. Many prominent figures and active members of the gay communities in the area came together to organise an event in the Lower Gardens to protect the gay communities from the bigots and keep them together for a day of celebration, rather than of hostility.
James OBrien and Tricia from Bishops Stortford on the plight of the US migrant children. Jonathan Perry 2018-06-19 | Some 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents in the past few months after their families tried to cross the US border illegally.Mr Trump said he would not allow the US to become a "migrant camp".The UN high commissioner for refugees says the policy is "unacceptable".
The Windmill sung by Alan Perry Jonathan Perry 2018-06-17 | Words by H.W. Longfellow ; set to music by Gustavus Tuckerman.
Victor Gill on Today. Its a crime to be gay Jonathan Perry 2018-04-18 | The astonishing view of Bishop Victor Gill calling for gay people to be jailed in an interview on BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme
John Humphrys interview with Brian Cox and Carlos Francci on the death of Stephen Hawking, Jonathan Perry 2018-03-14 | BBC Radio Today. Hohn Humphry's looks back over the life of the scientist Stephen Hawking,
The wedding of James Sharp and Stephen Luigi (Ceremony) Jonathan Perry 2017-12-05 | The marriage of James and Stephen at Compton Acres 03/2/2017
The wedding of James Sharp and Stephen Luigi (Complete) Jonathan Perry 2017-12-05 | The Wedding between James and Stephen at Compton Acres
Steps in concert at the BIC Bournemouth 27/11/17 Jonathan Perry 2017-11-28 | A little excerpt from the concert including Story of a heart.
Steps in concert at the BIC Bournemouth 27/11/17 Jonathan Perry 2017-11-28 | A little excerpt from the concert including Story of a heart.
Escape to the country Drew and Richard Jonathan Perry 2017-11-08 | Jules Hudson is in the Dorset countryside with a couple who have an £800,000 budget to buy their first home together. While in the county, Jules finds out how Dorset's ancient hedgerows at Kingcombe provide vital natural 'motorways' for wildlife, and he helps plant new specimens alongside some that date back a thousand years.
Eddie Mair montage of Robert Peston on LBC Radio Jonathan Perry 2017-10-26 | An amusing edit of Robert Peston on LBC for the PM programme listeners
Robin attacks delivery man Jonathan Perry 2017-07-10 | Parcelforce delivery man attacked by Robin who was guarding the nest in a planter.
BBC News at Ten June 2017 Blooper Huw Edwards Jonathan Perry 2017-06-20 | The first 4 minutes of technical problems as seen on the BBC News channel
Birdlife in Poole and Christchurch harbour Jonathan Perry 2017-02-13 | A few glimpses at the birdlife in Christchurch and Poole harbour
Theresa May confirms Trump Pussy statement is unacceptable Jonathan Perry 2017-01-08 | Theresa May has told Sophy Ridge on Sky that Donald Trump's previous comments about women are "unacceptable"
Steve Allen, his LBC clock and what he does during ad breaks on LBC Jonathan Perry 2017-01-05 | Claire asks Steve Allen what he does when the adverts are on. The response is short for Steve, just 6 minutes!
