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smartin

  1. @joshelley what's that warning sign between them? Dangerous chemistry?
  2. @SkyLouHastings have a listen to the 2pm bulletin from Sunday. I almost drove off the road with laughter.
  3. hey, guess what... launching a tv programme is bloody hard work. #exhaustedalready
  4. the power of radio to help developing societies - a new project from the BBC in Tanzania - watch the video here bbc.in/JuUFMl
  5. line in yesterday's 2pm SkyNewsRadio bulletin "Tesco are fighting back with a promotion involving toilet rolls" cc @SkyLouHastings
  6. @johnco source the NPR programmes from them rather than via your station.
  7. @j0nathanjenkins @benhodgson @thejamesdixon @jamescridland @SW_Trains apparently due to "an attempted fatality" in the Wimbledon area.
  8. warning - Waterloo station is in chaos tonight and the @swtrains staff are all clueless and/or rude.
  9. @BenErrey is that Errey HQ?
  10. Camp David bit.ly/JIfzpc
  11. now to Birmingham to mark the diamond anniversary of @bhbnradio, a hospital radio station I gave a little help to 25 years ago.
  12. @ukradiojones I'm struggling to reconcile Tim Pemberton's quote about an eight year high with the charts here mediauk.com/radio/305/bbc-…
  13. @adambowie on gardening leave?
  14. @matt @nickjeffery that's what you call a hack.
  15. @DirkAnthony @matt might even get to spend some time there myself... still in Johannesburg at the moment.
  16. torch switched to flight mode RT @British_Airways: Olympic Flame transported inside our 'Firefly' aircraft #london2012 instagr.am/p/KxT-rOIsBI/
  17. @matt indeed - nice to have @DirkAnthony back in our hemisphere.
  18. "Hardeep Singh Kohli will be ordering a curry live on stage, then race against time to cook his own feast before the takeaway arrives."
  19. @timoncheese so that's the "distinctive local content" Lord Patten loves so much.