Archive for June, 2008

The Bike Show: London Lidos by Bicycle

A tour of London lidos by bicycle with Jason Cobb, a lido enthusiast, cyclist, photographer and author of Onion Bag Blog, a blog devoted to life in the Stockwell-Oval-Brixton triangle. Taking in Brockwell Lido, the ghost of Kennington Lido, the Serpentine Lido, the refurbished London Fields Lido and an unexpected audience with Brixton’s wheelbuilding legend [...]

Hooting Yard : Nightjars Attack Cattle

32. If you eat roasted swallow, you are likely to be attacked by dragons.

The Bike Show: London Festival of Architecture (by bike)

Featuring an interview with Stephen Bayley, design editor of The Observer, about his guided cycle ride around the houses and homes of celebrated London artists and architects which kicks of a fantastic programme of bicycle tours as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Stephanie Laslett of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios explains why architects love [...]

Panel Borders: Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen’s Phonogram

Panel Borders: Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen’s Phonogram Orignally broadcast 19/06/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Continuing our series of reports from this year’s Bristol International comics Expo: Alex Fitch talks to artist Jamie McKelvie and writer Kieron Gillen of the comic book Phonogram about the way the comic mixes ideas about [...]

Hooting Yard : Pebblehead’s Twaddle

I am very pleased to announce that the latest episode in the Grizzled Old Fool series of multi-platform cultural interventions has been released. Grizzled Old Fool At The Haberdashery sees the grizzled old fool going to a haberdashery to buy buttons and cloth and pins. As usual, he is chewing a plug of tobacco and [...]

The Bike Show: From the Tropics to the Stones

Electric Sheep podcast: Zoo (and A)

Electric Sheep podcast: Zoo (and A) An episode of the Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch discusses the new documentary ‘Zoo’ with magazine critic and writer Hannah Patterson (Sight and Sound / Vertigo magazines). Alex and Hannah look at the various topics raised by the film both moral and aesthetic, and field questions from [...]

Panel Borders: Underground Heroes

Panel Borders: Underground Heroes To be broadcast 19/06/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Continuing our series of reports from this year’s Bristol International comics Expo; In this episode of ‘Panel Borders’, Alex Fitch is talking to a quartet of underground writers and artists who have created comics books and strips that bring [...]

Hooting Yard : Four Leatherette Corner Flaps

The USS Milquetoast Jesuit is sponsored by L’Oreal, and is powered by light-reflecting booster technology, just like Andi MacDowell’s hair. Captain Biff is contractually bound to use various L’Oreal hair products, but if he had his way he would smear his ginger mop with grease from the engine room.

Reality Check: Joe Lidster and the Whoniverse

Reality Check: Joe Lidster and the Whoniverse. Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com Alex Fitch talks to Joe Lidster, writer of half a dozen “Big Finish” Doctor Who audio plays starring the cast of the classic TV series such as Sylvester McCoy and Geoffrey Beevers in Master and Paul McGann and Terry Molloy (Davros) in Terror Firma. [...]