First Attempt

dawkeye:

Which songs best celebrate England?

I think “Rain” by The Beatles is a fine celebration of the English summer. 

“Would you believe that people who live with each other for 25 years actually develop similar facial features? I don’t just mean that people tend to choose partners who resemble them, rather that over time together couple’s features actually converge. It’s weird, but there’s evidence for it from a singular study carried out by the noted psychologist Robert Zajonc and colleagues.”

I’d better not show this to the wife.

This documentary about John Cooper Clarke was broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 4. Mark E Smith is one of many distinguished contributors to the programme. Click on the Listen Again button if you want to hear it.

This BBC comedy is a work of genius. Anyone who says otherwise is a tosser. 

Today’s edition of BBC Radio 4’s biographical series Great Lives was all about Ian Curtis. It can be heard on the Listen Again feature, or downloaded as a podcast.

“An investigation in Spain has uncovered skullduggery which, it says, shows the dictator Francisco Franco had the vote rigged, ensuring that the Briton, then a 27-year-old starlet, never had a chance of winning with his song, Congratulations.”