The Sunday dozen

25th February 2024

John Wyver writes: eleven articles from the past week, and an archive from 1967, that especially caught my attention, plus the usual musical bonus. The image above by Ene-Liis Semper is from the 2012 Lyric, Hammersmith production of Three Kingdoms, more

No Sunday dozen

17th February 2024

John Wyver writes: I'm sorry, but personal stuff and a professional deadline mean I just have not had the time to compile this Sunday's recommendations. Apologies. I hope normal service will be resumed next week. In the meantime, here's a more

The Sunday dozen

27th January 2024

John Wyver writes: as usual, I'm pleased to share twelve of the articles and audio contributions that engaged and challenged and intrigued me during the past seven days. • How the government captured the BBC: this is excellent from Alan more

Forty years on

14th January 2024

John Wyver writes: Here's a remarkable trace of my, and of Illuminations' and Channel 4's pasts - a programme break from 14 January 1984 with a continuity announcement and slide trailing the first documentary I produced, Six Into One: The more

The Sunday dozen

14th January 2024

John Wyver writes: the regular (if this week, a little late) numerically specific number of recommendations of articles and other stuff that have engaged and amused and challenged me over the past week. For some reason there are a more

The Sunday dozen

6th January 2024

John Wyver writes: something like normal service is resumed this week with a numerically specific number of recommendations of articles and other stuff that I have been engaged and amused and challenged by over the past week. • The secret more