03 May 2024
Protecting Maggie Smith And Other National Treasures

Protecting Maggie Smith And Other National Treasures

In 1954 the Hague Convention ensured armies could not target cultural treasures. The UK has only just got round to endorsing it.

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03 May 2024
The US Needs To Mind Its Own Fracking Business

The US Needs To Mind Its Own Fracking Business

Officials from New York State have written to Lancashire County Council to complain about coal seam gas there. Shouldn't they mind their own fracking business?

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03 May 2024
Waterloo - Not Such An English Victory

Waterloo - Not Such An English Victory

The English have been busy celebrating the victory at Waterloo 200 years ago. But, as John Dobbie reports, there weren't too many English there at the time.

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03 May 2024
Nigel Farage - A Hot Tub Adrift?

Nigel Farage - A Hot Tub Adrift?

Is Nigel Farage the affable chap we saw on TV? And, John Dobbie asks, is the hot tub adrift in the English Channel symbolic of his future?

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03 May 2024
Rebirth Of The English Seaside Resort

Rebirth Of The English Seaside Resort

UK seaside resorts are a thing of the past, but a touch of nostalgia might be enough to bring back the crowds.

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What is Balls Radio?

Balls Radio is like talk radio, but for thinking people. Now a short daily occurrence, Phil Dobbie offers his opinions on what's happening, in the UK and overseas: politics, social policy, economics, science, religion. Yes, it's another, slightly overweight middle-aged white man telling the world how it should be. But there's nothing alt-right about Balls Radio. And we try and have fun along the way.

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