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The radio broadcast is available via BBC iPlayer, click here.

“The author Iain Sinclair presents a timely illustrated essay on that uniquely British obsession – the weather. Why has the seemingly-mundane weather forecast been an obsession for listeners and viewers since the early days of broadcasting? What does it tell us about our [...]]]> 08/11/2010

The radio broadcast is available via BBC iPlayer, click here.

“The author Iain Sinclair presents a timely illustrated essay on that uniquely British obsession – the weather. Why has the seemingly-mundane weather forecast been an obsession for listeners and viewers since the early days of broadcasting? What does it tell us about our national character and the role of broadcasting in our lives?”

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Kevin Ring, as you know, is publishing ‘American Smoke’, a revised extract from GHOST MILK.

And Mr Jones Watches are launching [...]]]> I’m collecting ‘Postcards from the 7th Floor’ soon. And will be offering 26 special copies, lettered & signed by myself & Oona Grimes, with additional material, for sale. As well as trade copies.

Kevin Ring, as you know, is publishing ‘American Smoke’, a revised extract from GHOST MILK.

And Mr Jones Watches are launching the Compass Road watch that I’ve designed.

I’ve written an introduction for ‘Scamp’ by Roland Camberton (aka Henry Cohen), which has just been reissued by New London Editions (PO Box 8786, Nottingham NG1 9AW). Along with ‘Rain on the Pavements’.

Meanwhile, I’m working with Barney Rowntree on a programme about weather for BBC Radio 4. And researching bicycles for the London Review of Books.

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Adele Armstrong, the producer, tells me that a conversation I had with Dan Cruikshank (about Geoffrey Fletcher’s ‘The London Nobody Knows’) will form part of a programme on Radio 4 at 20.45 tomorrow (July 8th). (When everybody will be watching the [...]]]>

My apologies to Iain and to the readers for posting this so late.

Adele Armstrong, the producer, tells me that a conversation I had with Dan Cruikshank (about Geoffrey Fletcher’s ‘The London Nobody Knows’) will form part of a programme on Radio 4 at 20.45 tomorrow (July 8th). (When everybody will be watching the World Cup semi-final.)
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