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Talking for Britain
'Talking for Britain' explores regional English in the 21st century, painting a portrait of the British people and uncovering fascinating facts about local language.
Hello Again...
14th November 2012 marks the 90th anniversary of the BBC's first ever broadcast and the beginning of the British love affair with radio. This book takes as its starting point those early, tentative programmes broadcast from Marconi House on the Strand, and follows the story of those magical radio voices through the years of economic depression, war, and austerity, to the swinging sixties and up to the digital era. Above all, it celebrates the great, the forgotten, and the notorious voices of radio from the last nine decades, and the programmes they made famous.
And Now on Radio 4
And Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are long forgotten by all but a few. Who, for instance, now recalls Ronnie Barker's starring role on Radio 4 in a sophisticated cabaret-cum-sketch-show called Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead? What about Spike Milligan's intimate, soul-bearing account of his upbringing in colonial India, Plain Tales from the Raj? And who now remembers that Start the Week was once hosted by Russell Harty, a bit of programming compared by one insider to letting Graham Norton run Newsnight. In order to reflect the way devotees listen to...
And Now on Radio 4
On 30 September 2007 Radio 4 celebrates its 40th birthday. This book, written by long-time Radio 4 insider Simon Elmes, celebrates the people and programmes - and curiosities - that have made the network the envy of the world.
Word of Mouth
Since its inception in 1992, Word of Mouth has been one of BBC Radio 4's most successful programmes, with nearly one million listeners each week. This book-written by Simon Elmes, founder producer and editor of Word of Mouth, and Michael Rosen, the presenter-is a hugely entertainingcelebration of the English language. Based on transcripts from the programme, Simon Elmes and Michael Rosen have rewritten it and included newly researched material to make it completely up to date.The book boasts twelve sections on different topics, including 'Hot Desking' (email words, pilots' slang, euphemistic language), 'This Sporting Life' (ice dance terminology, Alistair McGowan, footballers' English) and '...
The Sound Handbook
'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.' Professor Seán Street, Bournemouth University The Sound Handbook maps theoretical and practical connections between the creation and study of sound across the multi-media spectrum of film, radio, music, sound art, websites, animation and computer games entertainment, and stage theatre. Using an interdisciplinary approach Tim Crook explores the technologies, philosophies and cultural issues involved in making and experiencing sound, investigating soundscape debates and providing both intellectual and creative production information. The book covers the history, theory and practice of sound and includes practical production projects and a glossary of key terms. The Sound Handbook is supported by a companion website, signposted throughout the book, with further practical and theoretical resources dedicated to bridging the creation and study of sound across professional platforms and academic disciplines.
The British Pop Dandy
Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks to find out why so many have cast themselves in roles that often take style to absurd extremes. In this study, male pop artists are mapped against a cultural and historical background through a genealogy of personalities, such as Oscar Wilde, W.H. Auden, Andy Warhol, No?Coward, Derek Jarmen, David Beckham and countless others. A critical analysis of issues and approaches to musical performance through masculinity becomes the focal point of this fascinating study. Ranging from the sixties to beyond the twentieth century, ...
Analysing 21st Century British English
The Voices project of the British Broadcasting Corporation, a recent high-profile media investigation, gathered contemporary English dialect samples from all over the UK and invited contributions from the public to a dedicated website. This book explores both issues of ideology and representation behind the media project and uses to which the emerging data can be put in the study of language variation and change. Two lead-in chapters, written from the complementary perspectives of a broadcast media specialist, Simon Elmes, and an academic linguist, David Crystal, set the project in the BBC’s historical, social, and linguistic contexts. Following these, authorities in a range of specialisms...
