January 30, 2009 at 4:25 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
So today was the debut slot for the AM show (2 - 3.30pm) and I think it was quite successful.
The show ran smoothly, apart from one or two slight mishaps, but those can easily be ironed out. We played a good mix of music and had some emails in, quite enjoyed it really.
The station doesn’t get an amazing amount of listeners, but it’s still experience!
It’ll just have to be a side hobby at the mo, as i am almost definatley going to pick print for next year, but we’ve got another 2 years or so to do the show, and it’s on the CV, so who knows what’ll happen in the future.
I decided to write a book review of the book I read most recently. I reckon I’ll do a few reviews of books, films, CDs etc. throughout my little blogging spree.
The Ghost - Robert Harris
Uk Paperback cover of 'The Ghost'
The Ghost is the latest offering from Robert Harris, award winning author of Pompeii, set in the present day, in the aftermath of the Bush/Blair war on terror. The book focuses on the story of a ghost writer brought in to finish the memoirs of Adam Lang (aka Tony Blair, wink wink) after the original ghost, McAra, died in mysterious circumstances. After probing into Lang/Blair’s past, McAra’s replacement starts to uncover things that just don’t add up.
Harris’ latest offering is one of the best thriller’s I’ve read, a better page turner than the Da Vinci Code, more intense than Sam Bourne and full of more conspricy than both put together!
Despite being based on politics, it is easy for anyone to pick up, provided they have a base knowledge of Tony and Cherie Blair/ Adam and Ruth Lang, so basically anyone who hasn’t been living in a cave for the last 15 years!
Harris’ plot is intense from start to finish, with the ending as explosive as anything I’ve read, leaving the reader with reeling with questions to ask about the ‘Special Relationship’ enjoyed by Britain and America - of course, none of Harris’ material is true, but it is written with such intensity that even the most far-fetched of ideas are believable!
January 28, 2009 at 11:29 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Hi,
My name is Aidan Parr, I am a 19 year old student journalist, and this blog is one of my attempts at writing on a regular basis, with a view to one day writing in the Nationals.
Interesting (arguably) things to know about me include:
An affinity for Newcastle United Football Club
A love of books and music - certain favourites include Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Conn Iggulden, Stephen Fry, Danny Wallace. I’ll leave it up to you to work out which is music, and which is literature.
I enjoy most things a 19 year old guy does - going out, socialising, football, films and so on and so forth.
I don’t have a job at the mo, but I do have a show on student radio, check it out on Fridays from 2 @ www.sinradio.co.uk
I’ll use this chance to point out that I have no idea really what I’ll be writing about, or how regularily to be fair, but I shall endeavour to be at the very least, moderately entertaining.
