- The Telegraph
Radio 2’s Sunday Love Songs has a new host and Michael Ball may just woo us all
Like its owner, my washing machine has a breakdown roughly once every 10 months. This has led me to devise the Laundrette Test for Radio 2 presenters. Radio 2 isn’t like other stations. It’s the most popular in the country, and inescapable. It’s not enough for its DJs to please people who listen voluntarily. Their show must also be bearable to those who passively endure it – in cafes, waiting rooms, laundrettes. So, here’s what makes a good Radio 2 DJ: if you can listen for a full two hours, wit
- The Telegraph
The great American boom is finally running out of steam, leaving mountains of debt
The American economy is not as strong as we all thought. Growth has slowed to stall speed over the last four months. It looks like a hardish landing after all.
- The Telegraph
Children must learn about the heroism of D-Day
As dawn broke over Portsmouth on June 5 1944, it cast light on a scene which will never be replicated: thousands of ships setting sail from across the south of England, bound for the coast of Normandy and the turning of the tide in the Second World War.
