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  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 264 15.2.26 New Voices with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 264      With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 15th February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen New Voices There’s a long line of new music outside the front door, waiting to be invited in. Most of the tracks on the show this week are new and unknown.  They gather bedraggled but… Read more

  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 269 8.2.26 Always with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 263      With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 8th February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Always Some words carry a kind of gravitational pull, and ‘always’ is one of them. It’s a promise of devotion that stretches beyond the present. ‘Always’ is what we say when we want to reassure… Read more

  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 260 18.1.26 Just Say Yes with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 260      With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 18th January 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Just Say Yes Yes Man was a Danny Wallace book and a Jim Carrey film. Danny Wallace’s memoir begins with a simple challenge: say “yes” to everything for an entire year. The results are chaotic,… Read more

  • When your child has a child

    ..the grand pursuit of the heart of La Grande Bellaza in the cradle of civilisation like turning out of an alley and finding light in the piazza.. Read more

  • Do It Yourself Celebrity

    Last Friday 29th July I went to the Holmbush Centre at Shoreham to help my old friend and radio colleague Patrick Souiljaert man (person?) a stand at the entrance to Tesco there. He has written an autobiography in microscopic detail about the challenges of his life as a person with Cerebral Palsy. He was starved… Read more

  • Is this the bravest book ever written?

    This may be the bravest book ever written. Why? Firstly, because in physical terms it took Patrick the best part of two years laboriously typing 700 words a day with his left index finger. Secondly, the subject matter is raw, honest and occasionally self-deprecating. His account of a visit to an unfeeling, heartless prostitute, his… Read more