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  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 216 16.3.25 Notes on History with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 216                                                                                               With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 16th March 2025 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Notes on History Every song tells a story. This week we looking at the historical contexts and inspiration for some well known songs. Tracks where music met the moments that shaped our world. Every song Read more

  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 210 2.2.25 Midnight Mothers/Ebony Fathers with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 210 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 2nd February 2025 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Midnight Mothers / Ebony Fathers The black experience, at times harrowing, has nevertheless produced some magnificent music, poetry and art. On the show this week we feature over 20 powerful tracks that span genres and Read more

  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 70 29.5.22 with Roy Stannard – Beauty: Not Skin Deep on Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM

    https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/episodes/The-Whole-Nine-Yards-Ep-70-29-5-22-Beauty-Not-Skin-Deep-with-Roy-Stannard-on-Burgess-Hill-Radio-103-8FM-e1j7nqa The Whole Nine Yards Season 2 Episode 70 With Roy Stannard On Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM Sunday May 29th 2022 3-5pm www.burgesshillradio.co.uk/listenlive Not Skin Deep. Creating a false reality in photoshopped images creates low self-worth. We’ve become immune to what media portrays, and have accepted the media-defined lie about what is considered beautiful. How Read more

  • Eden Again

    I caught a single piece of history A man assembling his thoughts like a Summer picnic You ran through the landscape like a chalkland stream Swimming bareclad through the jibs and jibes and jabbering You took photographs through the lens of your compassion And used words like needlepoint, stitching people into history Read more

  • How do you interview the 20th Century?

    Through a mutual friend the opportunity arose recently to interview in a kind of Desert Island (Denton Island?) Discs format, the former Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Denis Healey, who resides at Alfriston and is one of the dominant figures in Twentieth Century politics. Read more

  • It Was Darker Then

    A poem about revolution inside and outside the heart. Read more

  • Hey, I made a film today

    The days are passing quickly before the political event of the Millenium – the Referendum on the new voting system. Two contemporary characters sit in a clean white office in Hoxton debating the issues of the day. They represent the Zeitgeist. He really wants her vote. She really wants him to disappear. They could be… Read more

  • Why saving theatres is great theatre

    Since Christmas something rather remarkable has been happening in Worthing. Because of the cuts in Central Government spending, the Town has been looking under its moth-eaten bed to see what obsolete pieces of social detritus it can afford to get rid of. The Town Council has decided in its wisdom that Theatre is the defunct… Read more

  • Henry Olonga – Today a good man stood up

    Henry Olonga is an impressive man. Clear of voice, clear of purpose. He stands tall and today he won over a crowd of Sussex business people with his simple honesty and sincere beliefs. He had made a decision a few years ago to not tolerate corruption, oppression and intimidation. He had stood up and been… Read more

  • Fair Trade in Football?

    Football has become about big money and small characters. Even the ball itself has become a metaphor for big business and exploitation. Major brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Mitre (UK) have recently discovered a conscience in these matters because links with child labour are not a great platform for sales in the hothouse supersales arena… Read more