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We're sending all our love to a true legend this week. Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh powerhouse behind one of the greatest power ballads ever recorded, is currently in hospital in Faro, Portugal, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery — and has since been placed in a medically induced coma to help her recovery. A spokesman for the singer has asked for privacy during this difficult time, saying: "We know that you […]

I really enjoy Rick Beato's videos (if you haven't watched any of them before you can find them on his YouTube channel) and this one got me thinking:   I spend a lot of time, and have frequently spoken out about the 'lottery of birth' (as evidenced here or here) - the idea that how, when, and where you are born plays a huge role in where you end up. Sure, […]

Suggestions include; speed-limiters on vehicles, improving the rail network, regulating trucking, creating double-lane freeways - what do you think can be done? https://iono.fm/e/1672449

Many years ago (okay, not so many, she's still as young as she was then...) our Station Manager, Anne, did the early morning news on Radiowave. Jarret was known to like to pull pranks and practical jokes on people and Anne started retaliating. Something of an arms-race ensued which ended up with Anne planning the ultimate prank - she was going to hide inside a computer box in the studio […]

This week I spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not I actually want to carry on doing this every week, whether it is worth it, whether anyone actually reads them, and why anyone should give a #@$* about what I’m thinking about. Last week I was sure that no-one did and I couldn’t bring myself to write anything, figuring that I could get away with not writing […]

An article quoting distinguished professor of education at Stellenbosch University Jonathan Jansen as describing South Africa's proposed new history curriculum as “anti-intellectual and soul-deadening” (read the article here) got me thinking about knowledge and whether or not we're losing our ability to think and 'know things'. https://iono.fm/e/1664189

  The Chobe River, pushed higher by the contributing Zambezi River, are at record high levels, flooding this very flat part of Namibia. Some locals say the highest levels since the 1950’s. Communities are left to find refuge on what high ground is left, sharing these limited islands with the livestock and the wildlife that co-exist in this isolated eastern most tip of Namibia’s Zambezi Region. Cape buffalo and hippo […]

Where last week I worried that I had not thought about anything, this week I've once again been thinking about way too many things which makes choosing which of them to focus on here difficult. I did have another really busy week, covering the afternoon news bulletins from Monday to Wednesday, which meant workdays that started at 5am and ended well after 5pm. On Thursday I attended one of the […]

There are only 14 days left till the big event so make sure you don't miss out on everything that will be on offer. https://iono.fm/e/1660133