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Clare FMClare Christmas Weather CheckIt’s the question on everyone’s lips as we head into the festive period: will we see a white Christmas?
While the dream of a snowy morning is fading, the forecast is still promising a 'crisp' winter experience.
With temperatures set to dip to minus one on Christmas Eve night, we are looking at a cold, dry, and bright holiday for the most part.
Michelle Dillon, Tullycrine Met Éireann forecaster spoke with Alan Morrissey on Tuesday's Morning Focus.
Photo (c) Pat Flynn
2025-12-2308 min
Clare FMJustice Minister Appoints West Clare Nurse To Clare Local Community Safety PartnershipA West Clare woman is hoping to be a voice for under-represented communities in her region on a new forum focused on community safety issues.
Kilmurry McMahon community nurse and West Clare Aontú representative June Dillon has been appointed by Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan to the Clare Local Community Safety Partnership.
The LCSP, which has yet to convene, will act as a successor to the now-disbanded Joint Policing Committee and will facilitate discussions on local crime-related between between elected representatives, community members, Gardaí, the HSE and others.
June has been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons that many people in the...
2025-12-1705 min
Clare FMWest Clare Nurse Calls For National Haemochromatosis StrategyJune Dillon, Clare Aontu Representative and nurse, has called for a national testing programme for haemochromatosis in Ireland, stressing the importance of early detection and treatment.
Haemochromatosis, also known as “iron overload disorder,” can cause serious health problems if left untreated, including liver damage, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis.
However, early diagnosis through a simple blood test can prevent these complications and greatly improve quality of life.
Ireland has one of the highest rates of haemochromatosis in the world.
June has seen the impact of the condition first hand
Alan Morrissey spoke with June on Friday's Morning Focus.
Photo (c) Iris...
2025-12-0511 min
Clare FMClare School Secretaries Threatening Strike Action Following Pension Talks BreakdownThere has been a breakdown in discussions over pensions for school secretaries and caretakers.
Last Thursday night saw the talks come to a halt at the Workplace Relations Commission.
The aftermath saw Fórsa pointing the finger of blame at the Department of Education for failing to engage meaningfully on a range of proposals.
Over 2 thousand secretaries and caretakers went on strike for eight days at the start of the school year.
Forsa says further strike action cannot be ruled out.
To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Rena McGrath, Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer of Fórsa School Secretaries Br...
2025-11-2413 min
Clare FMKilkee Residents Taking Judicial Review Against Uisce Éireann Sewerage Treatment Plant PlansPlans to build a sewerage treatment plant on a scenic tourist attraction in Kilkee are being met with opposition.
Uisce Eireann is proposing to build the plant just 100 metres from the Kilkee Cliff Walk, which research last year revealed was the most-loved Irish tourist spot by users of Tripadvisor.
Local residents are taking a judicial review against the utility’s plans.
To find out more, Alan Morrissey spoke with local resident and member the of Save Kilkee Cliff Walk Group, Joanne Dillon.
Image (c) Visit Clare
2025-11-2115 min
Clare FMThe Government Set To Review Remote WorkingThe Government wants to find a balance to ensure remote working suits employers and their employees.
The right to request a remote working arrangement was introduced as part of last year's Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act.
The Department of Enterprise has now launched a public consultation to monitor if the arrangement is working for all parties.
Employer groups and high profile business owners have come out against remote working but Minister of State Alan Dillon says everyone's voice has to be heard.
Director and Founder of Careerwise Recruitment, Joe Robbins joined Alan Morrissey on Thursday's Morning Focus.
Photo...
2025-11-2008 min
Clare FMUrgent Action Needed In Making N68 Road More SafeResidents of a West Clare community say they continue to live in fear on a daily basis due to a treacherous stretch of road.
It comes as Transport Infrastructure Ireland has been requested to carry out a speed limit review and erect warning signage on the N68 between Darragh and McNamee's Cross following a spate of road traffic collisions.
Since 2007, four people have been killed along the route, with a further eleven hospitalised.
Local Resident Collette Gavin who previously lost a loved one on the road has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan that action is urgently needed.
We also...
2025-11-1818 minClare FMClare Aontú Urges Council And Irish Vintners Association To Support Ask For Angela CampaignClare's Aontú rep is urging the Irish Vintners Association to lend its support to a sexual harassment safety initiative.
The Ask for Angela campaign acts as a codeword to help victims of sexual harassment and assault safely seek assistance in public venues.
As the festive period rolls around, a higher volume of people will take to pubs and clubs for Christmas parties.
Kilmurry McMahon native, June Dillon, says awareness of the campaign can be raised in a number of subtle ways.
2025-11-1506 min
My Open Source Experience PodcastMOSE Shorts - 27: How to Remove Hidden BarriersIn this MOSE Shorts segment, Clare Dillon talks about her overall onboarding and contribution experience.While she's been more active in communities that focus on knowledge sharing and where writing code is not the norm, she highlights the importance of understanding the community before starting to work upstream. Newcomers need to learn the community's language, not the spoken language but rather terms, phrases and communication styleThis step is very important, and it can also be harder than it seems or needs to be. For example, if your community is heavily dependent on acronyms and special terms...
2025-09-0204 min
The Daily StandupRepresentation matters | Clare KnightEpisode 260: Clare Knight says "All aboard the onboarding train!"⏱️ Timestamps:00:00:00 - Intro00:02:37 - Controversial suggestion: onboarding in sales 00:03:35 - Aligning incentives between sales and onboarding 00:04:29 - Crossing the promise-to-delivery chasm 00:06:32 - Fighting the trough of disillusionment 00:08:52 - Onboarding as the customer's cheerleader 00:09:11 - Risks and realities of early CS involvement 00:11:21 - Final thoughts on seamless transitions📺 Lifetime Value: Your Destination for GTM contentWebsite: https://www.lifetimevaluemedia.com🤝 Connect with the h...
2025-06-0513 min
My Open Source Experience PodcastStart Early and Always be Prepared for ChangeWhen people get introduced to open source later in their life and career it can be a bigger adjustment that is hard to do, and that's when individuals start to struggle. When you introduce open source in a large organization, the effect multiples very quickly.This My Open Source Experience podcast episode is diving into the stories and effects of getting introduced to open source in different stages of people's lives and in various circumstances:- Samson Goddy talks about his experience with open source as a kid, and * How the...
2025-03-0442 min
The Sideline Live Podcast#155 Shane Hassett // Coaching Clare to Liam McCarthyOn episode 155 I am delighted to be joined by All-Ireland winning hurling coach Shane Hassett. Shane recently stepped away from the All-Ireland winning set up to pursue a PHD print Spike Biomechanics at the University of Limerick. Shane originally joined the set up in a strength and conditioning background and has been involved with the team since 2021.
We discuss the journey of winning the 2024 All-Ireland hurling title, deciding to take a complete break following the Munster final loss, the science of Croke Park and more!
Shane originally spoke on the podcast during T...
2024-12-3153 min
My Open Source Experience PodcastReasons Why You Have to Work UpstreamIf you do open source right, you get a lot of benefits, both as an individual and as a company or orgnization. On the other hand, misconceptions about open source often lead to bad decisions, where everyone in the ecosystem suffers.Hear from experienced members of the ecosystem who you need to get involved, what to look out for, and how to approach your involvement the right way!In this episode:Amanda Brock lists some of the biggest benefits of getting involved in open source as an individual, such...
2024-12-1745 min
Scariff Bay Community Radio Podcasts SBCRINTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS - Gerry Reidy, Director of Elections for FF in Clare gives his thoughts on the 12th Count and talks about the tally systems and their accuracy as well as how the system of tallying works. Count 12 Clare Constituency as given by Returning officer Rita Considine Distribution of June Dillon votes With Owen Ryan of the Clare Champion, Tom Hanley, John S Kelly, David Fleming and Paul Bugler. Originally Broadcast as part of live simulcast by RCB and SBCR as part of election coverage 2024 on 1st December 2024 from Treacy’s West County Hotel Ennis
2024-12-1737 minScariff Bay Community Radio Podcasts SBCRINTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS - Hillary Tonge, Owen Ryan Clare Champion and count 12-00.20 Hilary Tonge
-20.00 Discussion Count 11
-1.01.45 Owen Ryan of the Clare Champion reflects on the counts to date and the strong East Clare candidate performance.
-01.12.05 Count 12 Clare Constituency as given by Returning officer Rita Considine Distribution of June Dillon votes
With Pat O’Brien, John S kelly, Mairead O Higgins Finnegan, James Flanagan, David Fleming and Paul Bugler. Originally Broadcast as part of live simulcast by RCB and SBCR as part of election coverage 2024 on 1st December 2024 from Treacy’s West County Hotel Ennis
2024-12-1655 min
My Open Source Experience PodcastHow to Successfully Argue for Open Source InvestmentWe can establish that if you are using any (semi-)modern digital infrastructure or applications, then you are depending on open source software. Have you ever thought about that as actual dependency? Considering that you are not neglecting the building blocks of the software solutions that you are creating and selling, why do you do that with your open source dependencies?Learn more about why you have to invest in open source projects and how to decide what level of involvement you should have in each from Stephen Walli.Find out what drives...
2024-11-0541 min
On the Couch with ClareThe intersection of Mental Health and Indigenous Affairs with Dr Anthony DillonToday’s guest is Dr Anthony Dillon, a psychologist and an Indigenous academic and commentator and we’re having a discussion that is a cross-section between mental health and culture. We chat about Anthony’s current trends in mental health diagnoses, the potential drawbacks of labelling, victim mentaliity, and the significance of community and connection in mental wellbeing.In this episode:Anthony's journey into PsychologyGrowing up with Indigenous and English heritageCurrent mental health trends and diagnosesThe impact of labels in mental healthVictim mentality and its effectsThe importance of social connectionIdentity politics and division in societyThe Voice to Par...
2024-10-0240 min
My Open Source Experience PodcastThe Secrets of InnerSourceDid you know that you don't need to work in a public environment to practice open source methods and practices? It's called InnerSource, and your company can start practicing it today!Just like open source, InnerSource also has its rules and practices, which you will need to follow if you want to succeed. For example:- You might need a license for your InnerSource project- Just because it's internal, it doesn't mean your project doesn't need to be advertised- Building a community around your project isn't straightforward
2024-09-2444 min
SPERI Presents...Lessons in Power: International Development w/ Clare ShortForeign aid spending has long been a political football kicked around by the major parties. Now that Keir Starmer has formed a new Labour government, what will its approach to international development tell us about the UK's place in the world?Clare Short was Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 under Tony Blair. She joins Michael and Mems to discuss overseas development and foreign policy, including the founding of the Department for International Development, its relation to the Foreign Office, and American influence over British foreign policy making. They also consider the challenges faced...
2024-07-1941 minSPERI Presents...Lessons in Power: International Development w/ Clare ShortForeign aid spending has long been a political football kicked around by the major parties. Now that Keir Starmer has formed a new Labour government, what will its approach to international development tell us about the UK's place in the world?Clare Short was Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 under Tony Blair. She joins Michael and Mems to discuss overseas development and foreign policy, including the founding of the Department for International Development, its relation to the Foreign Office, and American influence over British foreign policy making. They also consider the challenges faced...
2024-07-1941 min
The Open Source WayOpen Source and UniversitiesIn this episode, host Karsten Hohage discusses open source and InnerSource at universities with our guest Clare Dillon. Clare explains how collaborative, community-driven approaches to open-source development at universities result in greater knowledge sharing, but also what the academia-specific challenges to open approaches are. This episode will help you gain insight into the evolving open source landscape in academia and how it differs from other parts of the OSS ecosystem.
Guest:
Clare Dillon
Clare Dillon is an open source and InnerSource advocate and is currently a researcher with University of Galway and Lero...
2024-02-2835 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 78: University Open Source EngagementThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 78
In this episode, host Matt Germonprez is joined by panelists Sayeed Choudhury from Carnegie Mellon University, Clare Dillon from the University of Galway and Lero, Allison Kittinger from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Data Science Institute, and Zach Chandler from Stanford University. They discuss the intricate relationship between open source software and university missions, the role of libraries in supporting OSS, and the collaborative culture fostering community and innovation. The overlapping terrains of open science, open scholarship, and open source in...
2024-01-3040 min
Open Source StoriesThe power and joy in collaboration with Clare DillonWhy should open source have all the fun? Clare Dillon shares her experience in the wonderful world of innersource, the application of open source practices within organizations. Collaboration is just too exciting not to share!
2023-10-3122 min
Beyond the Mic with Sean DillonBurnt: A Woman's Journey in FirefightingClare Frank, California's 1st female Chief of Fire Protection, shares her incredible journey in 'Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire'.Welcome Clare:We’re joined on the Starline by author, firefighter and California’s first and only female Chief of Fire Protection. Her book “Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire” is out. We welcome Clare Frank.Clare, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Canada was on fire and the smoke poured into the U.S. How what happened this spring became a recipe for disaster now?You have fought fires, wildfires and bias i...
2023-10-1305 min
Crime WorldEpisode 362: Where is the political outcry following terrifying violence in Co Clare?A video showing a gang of masked men smashing up a halting site with slash hooks and sledge-hammers in Co Clare has gone viral this week on social media. The shocking attack is the latest incident being linked to a long running feud between criminals in the area. But despite the level of violence in the footage, the political reaction to the gang attack has been muted to say the least. Unlike Talbot Street, which was visited by politicians after a US tourist was assaulted, Government Ministers have yet to arrive in Co Clare to reassure the families affected Niall...
2023-08-3115 min
Reelfoot ForwardEp. 143: Wade Dillon: David CrockettIn anticipation of the David Crockett Birthday Celebration at Discovery Park on Sat. August 12, 2023, this special episode features Wade Dillon, a professional illustrator, historian and David Crockett tribute artist. Included in the books he has illustrated is “Davy Crockett from A to Z.” Wade is currently working on a graphic novel based on Crockett’s life. In this episode, he shares how, as a young boy living in Florida, he discovered the “King of the Wild Frontier,” and how his lifelong passion for art, film and history led him to a career at The Alamo in Texas and to his current ro...
2023-07-2835 min
The Food ProgrammeDelia Country: How Delia Smith changed food in Norfolk and Suffolk.Sheila Dillon is on a trip through 'Delia Country'; Norwich, Norfolk and mid-Suffolk. An area with a rich agricultural past and a vibrant food present, and the place where Delia Smith has lived and worked for more than 50 years. In that time, she has championed local food traditions and food producers, and the broad variety of food and drink made in East Anglia has shaped her recipes.Delia Smith invites Sheila to join her to watch Norwich City's first home game under their new manager. At Carrow Road football club, where Delia and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones...
2023-02-1929 min
SustainEpisode 154: Clare Dillon of InnerSource Commons on OSPOs and the Open Ireland NetworkGuest
Clare Dillon
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Leslie Hawthorn | Justin Dorfman
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, we are excited to have joining us Clare Dillon, who’s the Executive Director of InnerSource Commons and works with the OSPO++ Network to support the establishment of University and Government Open Source Program Offices globally. In 2021, she Co-founded Open Ireland Network, which is a community of people talking about open source in Ireland. Our discussions today take us...
2023-02-1740 minThe Food ProgrammeFood, Philosophy & Football: Christmas with Delia SmithIn food, there are household names. And then, there is Delia Smith. So synonymous is she with cooking that her first name was included in the Collins English Dictionary in 2001. For four decades, her TV cookery programmes were primetime viewing, and when they ceased in 2013, she moved her cooking lessons online. She has sold more than 21 million copies of her recipe books. Her seasonal recipes were so popular that supermarkets would run out of ingredients when she cooked with them. - Notably cranberries in 1995. So influential were her books and broadcasts that Queen Elizabeth II made Delia...
2022-12-2534 min
Thanks For Coming InRobert Palmer WatkinsRobert Palmer Watkins talks what it was like to join The Walking Dead, his career in horror films, and his most recent audition mishap!About Robert:Robert Palmer Watkins caught the acting bug early on, beating out hundreds of other teens for the coveted role of Danny in Barksdale Theater’s production of “Grease. After 4 years of training at a center for the arts high school, then 2 years studying musical theater at Christopher Newport University, he left everything behind to move west where he would develop his craft further, graduating from the prestigious American Musical and...
2022-11-0344 min
Windy City Irish RadioWindy City Irish Radio - October 9, 2022The First Lady of Country Music, Loretta Lynn, passed away earlier this week leaving behind a legacy of country music. Lynn, of Scot-Irish decent, was the first woman singer-songwriter in Country music, breaking down barriers for women of country music around the world. Lynn wrote about heartache, relationships, hardships and life in "Butcher Holler", her home town. Today, we honor the Queen of Country Music along with music from Clare Dillon, Matt McGinn & Aoife Scott, Iona Fyfe, Breahbach, Brenda Castles, Leigh Bruckerville, Bonfire Radicals, Picture This, Brian Deady, Ronan Keating, and Lisa Lambe. It's all right here on Windy City...
2022-10-0959 minThe Food ProgrammeFeeding the CircusMeet the chef who ran away with the circus. Ols Halas is one of the longest-serving cast members at much-loved Gifford's Circus. As well as being head chef in Gifford's travelling restaurant 'Circus Sauce', he also drives the lorries, helps put up the big top, he's even performed. He lives and breathes the circus life.Sheila Dillon meets Ols on tour in Gloucestershire on an August morning as the circus pulls into town. She hears stories from the travelling restaurant kitchen, as well as food stories from the dozens of caravans and wagons where the circus cast...
2022-08-2128 min
Garden PeopleGarden People: Clare Foster, Garden writerMy guest is Clare Foster, the Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine in the UK. Clare is the author of numerous books, including the gorgeous Winter Gardens with photographer Andrew Montgomery. Clare’s writing is such a pleasure to read and she has brought me closer to some of my favorite plants and gardens. Join us to hear about Clare’s career as a garden writer and her development as a gardener, as well as some of the principles at play in her own garden, which is an inspiring example of low(ish) input, high reward design from a...
2022-03-2341 min
Escape To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.Go Wild: A BBC nature collection by Roger Deakin, George Monbiot, Harriet Noble, Robert MacFarlane, Clare BaldingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561923to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Go Wild: A BBC nature collection
Author: Roger Deakin, George Monbiot, Harriet Noble, Robert MacFarlane, Clare Balding
Narrator: Tom Heap, Roger Deakin, Robert Macfarlane, Jim Al-Khalili, Harriet Noble, Clare Balding
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Release date: February 24, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
22 BBC radio programmes celebrating the great outdoors, introduced by Harriet Noble Spending time in nature is good for both our bodies and minds - but with our hectic lives (not to mention the unreliable British weather), it can be...
2022-02-248h 56Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureGo Wild: A BBC nature collection by Roger Deakin, George Monbiot, Harriet Noble, Robert MacFarlane, Clare BaldingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561923to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Go Wild: A BBC nature collection
Author: Roger Deakin, George Monbiot, Harriet Noble, Robert MacFarlane, Clare Balding
Narrator: Tom Heap, Roger Deakin, Robert Macfarlane, Jim Al-Khalili, Harriet Noble, Clare Balding
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Release date: February 24, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
22 BBC radio programmes celebrating the great outdoors, introduced by Harriet Noble Spending time in nature is good for both our bodies and minds - but with our hectic lives (not to mention the unreliable British weather), it can be...
2022-02-248h 56
FINOS Open Source in Finance PodcastFINOS Q1 2022 All Community CallIn this episode of the podcast, we share our Q1 2022 FINOS All Community Call, with updates on FINOS, the Community, and updates from FINOS project maintainers as well.
VIEW THE VIDEO AND SLIDES HERE - https://www.finos.org/blog/finos-q1-2022-all-community-call-wrap-up
FINOS Project Updates
Compliant Financial Infrastructure - Abdullah Garcia, JPMorgan Chase, Vice President
FDC3 - Kris West, Cosaic, Principle Engineer
Financial Objects SIG - Ffion Acland, Goldman Sachs, Vice President
InnerSource SIG - Arthur Maltson, Capital One Director, & Clare Dillon, InnerSource Commons Executive Director
KDB+ - Alvin Shih, Morgan Stanley, Executive...
2022-02-111h 06
Beating The CratesBeating The Crates 03.01.22Morphosis 'Beating The Crates' in a Hong Kong Ping Pong Styleeeeee in association with Ghetto Funk with his 'Best of 2021' featuring some of his favourite tunes of the past 12 months!
Tracklist:
01 Aphrodite Delacruz - Toxic
02 The Nextmen - Rudegyal
03 Mr Williamz - My Heavenz
04 Yaadcore, Jah9, & Subatomic Sound System - Police in Helicopter
05 Woxow, Awon, Blacc El - Mo' Gems
06 Defunk - Sorry feat. ero808
07 Rumble - EWMDW Feat. OfNazareth
08 Stylust JLEON - DAAM
09 NAKEN - Nasty
10 The Nextmen - Afterglow Dub
11 Timbali/Peppery - Badda Than Dem
12 L'Entourloop - Li Sem (feat. Bouchkour, Flavia Coelho & Lidiop) [L'Entourloop Remix]
13...
2022-01-113h 00
Cooking the Books with Gilly SmithClare Finney: The Female ChefThis week, Gilly is with Clare Finney, author of The Female Chef. The book - and the chat - is a wonderfully multi-layered exploration of what it means to be a woman in a professional kitchen in 2021. With interviews from many of Britain’s biggest names in food, including Thomasina Miers, Zoe Adjonyoh, Andi Oliver and Ravinder Bhogal, and with a foreword from Sheila Dillon, it moves the conversation on from the hugely important subject of equality in the workplace to examine the many and nuanced notions of femaleness. ...
2021-11-1140 minThe Food ProgrammeTom Kerridge: A Life Through FoodTom Kerridge is probably best known as the first chef in the UK to be awarded two prestigious Michelin stars for food served in a pub, not even a year after opening 'The Hand and Flowers' in Marlow in Buckinghamshire in 2005. Then he was in his early thirties; Known, in the business, for his hard work ethic and hard partying.Today, he's given up the booze and the partying, but as Sheila Dillon finds, he's as driven as ever with a string of restaurants, a food festival company, a catering company, a TV production house, a shelf...
2021-06-0628 min
FINOS Open Source in Finance PodcastUnderstanding the InnerSource Checklist - Silona Bonewald & Clare DillonIn this episode of the podcast, Silona Bonewald of IEEE SA OPEN talks about the Understanding the InnerSource Checklist, that was originally developed while she was at PayPal. She is joined by Clare Dillon of FINOS Associate Member InnerSource Commons about how this checklist can help build upon the maturity matrix (that the FINOS InnerSource SIG is discussing now), plus other questions on InnerSource.
SHOW NOTES
Abstract: Come learn more about an InnerSource checklist developed at PayPal. Hear more success stories with InnerSource and how we codified our practices to help more teams at PayPal...
2021-06-0457 min
Fairfield What Are You Reading?Episode 4: Thrillers, Nutmegs, and Road TripsFairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Girls I’ve Been By Tess Sharpe
Linda Quinn, Reference Associate
Falling by TJ Newman
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Mercy House by Alena Dillon
The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dill...
2021-05-1731 minThe Food ProgrammeCooking BlindAmar Latif, entrepreneur and presenter, became the first blind contestant on BBC One's Celebrity MasterChef in 2019. During the series he inspired viewers, sighted, blind and partially sighted, as well as the MasterChef judges with this recipes and flair for flavours. Amar is one cook speaking to Sheila Dillon about his culinary inspiration and his rejuvenated enthusiasm for cooking. Sheila also speaks to double world champion, Paralympic Gold medal winning tandem cyclist, lifetime home cook and healthy food blogger Lora Fachie MBE about what role cooking has played in her life and career. And blind writer Simon Mahoney...
2021-02-0729 minThe Food ProgrammeWhat to Eat to Save the Planet?As scientific evidence grows showing an urgent need for us to reduce the environmental impact of food we eat, Sheila Dillon looks for practical ways we can change our diets. From increasing UK investment in plant protein, to producing meat differently; from embracing veganism to counting carbon.She speaks to chef Tom Hunt, author of 'Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet'; farmer Ed Dickson of 'Wild By Nature'; British pulse entrpreneur Nick Saltmarsh of 'Hodmedod'; food writer Hattie Ellis and Edwin Bark, CEO of plant based meat manufacturer 'Plant & Bean'. Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced in...
2021-01-1729 min
Take off My MicLEAKED: Phantom Night One TapesJust like Clare's season of the Bachelorette, Bach Signal recorded a secret pilot episode that never aired and was presumed lost. But! We recently found our phantom night one tapes and are leaking the episode to prove how correct we were about everything that would happen in Bachelor Nation this year.. Tune in to hear Dillon predict a contestant telling Matt James that "Love is Love," Kate accidentally being biphobic on mic, and our first-ever deep dive into why we still watch this horrible, wonderful show.
2020-12-312h 10The Food ProgrammeChristmas Cooking: The 2020 EditChristmas will be different this year, but it doesn't mean it should be any less delicious.Sheila Dillon is joined by cooks who know about cooking for Christmas. She pays food writer Nigel Slater a socially distanced festive visit to talk about one of his favourite seasons in the kitchen. Baker, writer and doctor Tamal Ray, who cooked his family Christmas dinner solo for the first time in 2019, shares his learnings and gives advice for last minute Christmas desserts. Brothers and co-founders of 'Original Flava' Craig and Shaun McAnuff share memories of Christmases past and their ideas...
2020-12-2029 min
Creative Souls of ClareGrace Wells - Writer, Poet, Yoga TeacherGrace Wells, a Writer, poet, gardener, re-wilder, mother, yoga teacher. Her debut children’s novel Gyrfalcon (O’Brien Press, 2002), which won the Eilís Dillon Best Newcomer Award and was an International White Ravens Choice.Her debut poetry collection When God has been Called Away to Greater Things (Dedalus Press, 2010), won the Rupert and Eithne Strong Best First Collection Award, and was shortlisted for the London Festival Fringe New Poetry Award. Her second poetry collection Fur (Dedalus Press, 2015), moved more deeply into eco-poetics. Fur was lauded as ‘a book that enlarges the possibilities of poetry’, and her poem Otte...
2020-12-1039 minTake off My MicOne Long Neil Lane Commercial (Tayshia's Week 1)We jump into Tayshia's first week as the Bachelorette and dear listeners, the vibes are good! Along the way, Dillon continues to struggle with what the Bachelor franchise really is (a carnival? a Neil Lane commercial?) and Kate tries to identify the protagonist of the episode (probably also Neil Lane). Plus, we're all in on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City!
If you know the exact time and location of Clare Crawley and Dale Moss's births, or if you have any good spoilers/questions/hot takes, let us know! We're at thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @b...
2020-11-171h 52Take off My MicTriangle of Power (Clare's Week 3)We puzzle out who the hell is to blame for Clare and Dale's terrifying engagement. While sifting through all of the lies, Dillon transcends to a higher plane of understanding the rituals of the Bachelorette and Kate projects all of her attachment problems onto Dale. And in weird watches, Dillon brings us back to British reality shows with a masterpiece called Naked Attraction.
If you have spoilers, questions, or hot takes, hit us up! We're at thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @bachsignal
2020-11-081h 54Take off My MicThe Producers are Fascists (Clare's Week 2)Just, yikes. We try to work through our extreme discomfort with Clare's second week of the Bachelorette. Dillon lays out his theory of how masculinity is portrayed on the Bachelorette, Kate tries to identify frankenbites, and we both go deep into how Sarah Schulman's book Conflict is Not Abuse could be applied to this season. Plus, Dillon pitches a Korean drama and Kate looks for help explaining her obsession with Married at First Sight.
If you have spoilers, questions, or hot takes, hit us up! thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @bachsignal
2020-11-011h 50
Aunt Zelda and Me and The Bachelor and The BacheloretteUncle Floyd the Politician and Aunt Zelda Feels Betrayed (feat. My Friend Steve)My friend Steve guest stars. Aunt Zelda is convinced Clare is the female version of Donald Trump. Uncle Floyd is a MANIAC playing to both sides of the political spectrum. My friend Steve asks the real questions about love. And I... kind of have respect for what Dale did????? I don't know. Maybe.
2020-10-2900 minTake off My MicThis season is a literal punishment (Clare's Week 1)This week, we surrender our grip on reality and go into full-on conspiracy mode. Dillon unveils his master theory that the producers are using this season to punish us all for reading spoilers, Kate pitches different ideas for the plot twist, and both go off the rails speculating that this season is actually a warning from production to future leads to stay in line. We also give our takes on #dodgeballgate2020
If you have spoilers, hot takes, or questions, hit us up! Via thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @bachsignal
2020-10-241h 27Take off My MicThe lies, the lies, the lies (Clare's Night 1)We dive deep into the premier of Clare Crawley's season of the Bachelorette (0:02:25), discuss Bachelor Nation's response to the first episode (1:23:39), and cleanse our palate with some weird reality TV watches (1:30:44), but mostly just scream about covid over and over and over.
If you have spoilers, questions, or hot takes, hit us up! thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @bachsignal
2020-10-171h 51Take off My MicMost Likely to Pivot to Porn (ranking cast bios for Clare's season)In our inaugural episode, we assign yearbook superlatives to the men of Clare Crawley's season of the Bachelorette (0:2:20), confess our willingness to lay it all on the line for Jubilee Sharpe (1:38:45), break down our hopes and dreams for the upcoming season (1:44:55), talk smack on other bachelor podcasts (2:07:05), and share our recent weird reality TV watches (2:15:14).
If you have spoilers, questions, or hot takes, hit us up! thebachsignal@gmail.com or on Twitter @bachsignal
2020-10-132h 25The Food ProgrammeChild Food Poverty: What next after the Government's U-turn on Free School Meals?Last month, footballer Marcus Rashford wrote an open letter to MPs calling for them to continue funding free schools meals during the summer holidays. He called for support to a petition started by teenage campaigner Christina Adane, and within hours, the Government responded. All children eligible for free school meals in term time in England would benefit from the ‘Covid summer food fund’. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would also continue with voucher programmes. But funding would stop, Boris Johnson confirmed, after the summer.So what then? In this programme, Sheila Dillon is joined by two...
2020-07-1228 minThe Food ProgrammeWhy The Corner Shop Has Come Into Its OwnRemember March? Before the UK lockdown. Remember desolate supermarket shelves? Toilet rolls, eggs, flour nowhere to be found? Where did you turn? Chances are you may have hit the jackpot in your local corner shop.Sales in corner shops and independent grocers were up by 63 per cent in the three months to May according to industry analysts Kantar. For many small grocery shops, business has never been better. But as Sheila Dillon finds out, that's gone hand in hand with exceptionally long hours, miles and miles driven to cash & carries, finding new local suppliers, entrepreneurial...
2020-06-2128 minThe Food ProgrammeIs the Pasty Really Cornish?In the week that Cornish people celebrated their Patron Saint St Piran, Dr Polly Russell & Sheila Dillon ask why the pasty remains an emblem of Cornishness for people around the world. There would have been a time when pasties were eaten all over the UK, but the PGI protected Cornish pasty has persevered in Cornwall. Today the Cornish Pasty Association estimate that on it's own, production of Cornish pasties is worth around 20 per cent of the value of the county's food and drink industry. In this programme we hear what the pasty means to people...
2020-03-0828 minThe Food ProgrammeWhat Is Making My Child Fat? Part 2: The Debate and Your Questions.When Professor Dame Sally Davies left her role as Chief Medical Officer for England in Autumn 2019, she didn't go quietly. Instead, she published a strongly titled, independent, 96 page report 'Time To Solve Childhood Obesity'."The Government ambition" she wrote "is to halve childhood obesity by 2030 – in England, we are nowhere near achieving this. Yet, if we are bold, we can."What followed were a plethora of recommendations for Government bodies, local authorities, schools, researchers, the NHS, the private sector and more.In the second of two programmes, Sheila Dillon invites an expert panel in...
2020-02-1629 minThe Food ProgrammeWhat Is Making My Child Fat? Part 1: Finding Solutions to the UK’s Child Obesity IssueWhen Professor Dame Sally Davies left her role as Chief Medical Officer for England in Autumn 2019, she didn't go quietly. Instead, she published a strongly titled, independent, 96 page report with a rallying call: 'Time To Solve Childhood Obesity'."The Government ambition" she wrote "is to halve childhood obesity by 2030 – in England, we are nowhere near achieving this. Yet, if we are bold, we can."What followed was a plethora of recommendations for Government bodies, local authorities, schools, researchers, the NHS, the private sector and more.In the first of two programmes, Sheila Dillon me...
2020-02-0928 minThe Food ProgrammeYes We Can: What do the tins we eat say about the UK?Baked beans, tinned pies, corned beef, creamed tomato soup, plum tomatoes, ackee, pineapple chunks and condensed milk.Our store cupboards are bursting with tins of food, they provide comfort, cheap family meals, quick lunches and easy dinners. Maybe even a sure stock of ingredients as Brexit edges closer. Yet over the years, the UK market is dwindling. Stats show young people are less interested in tinned fruit and fish. And then there's the image problem. Tinned food has a reputation in the UK it's struggling to shake off. Cheap, unhealthy. Fine for those making do...
2020-01-1928 minThe Food ProgrammeCookbooks of 2019Pinch of Nom, Charred and East are among the titles up for discussion as Sheila Dillon and guests gather in Hay-on-Wye to review 2019's best cookbooks. Featuring Cerys Matthews, Lia Moutselou and The Bookseller's Tom Tivnan.Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced by Clare Salisbury.
2019-12-0828 minThe Food ProgrammeCould a food project from India solve the UK’s holiday hunger problem?As many UK schools break for half term, chef Romy Gill and Sheila Dillon focus on our national problem with holiday hunger.Earlier this year, a UN special rapporteur found poverty in the UK to be "systematic" and "tragic". The Work and Pensions Committee published a separate report suggesting that while poverty rates are much higher in households where no-one works, almost one in 10 households with children where all adults work full-time are in poverty. In the school holidays, food budgets are stretched even further.Now a charity from India, who regularly feed 1.76 million school...
2019-10-2028 minThe Food ProgrammeJoe Wicks: A Life Through FoodWhen Joe Wicks, the personal trainer, started making Instagram videos in his kitchen in 2014, he couldn't have imagined he'd become author of the second biggest selling UK cookbook of all time. Today he is a phenomenon. He's built a social media brand with millions of followers, nay disciples, on Instagram and YouTube who come for the quick healthy recipes and online fitness workouts. Yet, Joe tells Sheila Dillon, somewhat modestly, "I'm not really great at cooking..." In this programme Sheila visits Joe at home in London to find out what drives his ambition and enduring...
2019-10-1328 minThe Food ProgrammeJamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part IIOn the anniversary of TV series 'The Naked Chef', Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon about two controversial decades dominating food on our TV screens and online, our home cooking, and dining out.In a two-part programme, Jamie describes being propelled into the limelight as 'The Naked Chef'. The charismatic young line chef given an unexpected TV pilot. His decision not to aim for Michelin stars, but to open a training restaurant for young people who wouldn’t have considered a career in catering.From writing his best-selling books, mainly into a dictaphone due to hi...
2019-08-2528 minThe Food ProgrammeJamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part IOn the anniversary of TV series 'The Naked Chef', Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon about two controversial decades dominating food on our TV screens and online, our home cooking, and dining out.In a two-part programme, Jamie, arguably the UK’s most successful food entrepreneur, reveals where it all went wrong with ill-fated restaurant chain 'Jamie's Italian’; the restaurants were supposed to disrupt mid-market dining, but after more than a decade, the chain collapsed in May. He takes Sheila back to his childhood home, above his dad's Essex pub restaurant where his life in prof...
2019-08-1828 minThe Food ProgrammeGood Enough for Granny: What's so special about the food our grandmothers cook?We asked you to tell us stories of meals you remember your grandmothers making. Now Sheila Dillon asks why these dishes - whether delicious or otherwise - stick with us into adulthood. Food writer Alissa Timoshkina shares her Grandparents Siberian recipes which provide the essence for her book 'Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen'. Blogger Ann Storr reminisces about her grannie's high standards at the table. And we hear from people trying to preserve age old recipes, before they disappear for good.Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury
2019-07-2128 min
Lifestyle Business SchoolKnowing Your Numbers, and the Instagram Engagement Experiment - A Case Study With Clare WoodGuys! We’re in a fresh, shiny new financial year. That means that it is the perfect time to start revisiting our goals - business goals, financial goals, social media goals.. you name it.If you’re all like yeah, yeah, yeah.. but where the hell do I start - this is the podcast episode for you.Clare Wood is a business coach specialising in service-based businesses. In this episode, we dive deep into two areas that are very relevant to all business owners - numbers and goal setting at the beginn...
2019-07-091h 09The Food ProgrammeCan Anyone Learn To Cook? - A Life Through Food with Samin NosratNetflix chef and author of 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat', Samin Nosrat says anyone can learn to cook delicious food. Samin shares a life of food memories with Sheila Dillon.Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury
2019-06-3028 min
Irish Examiner SportDalo's Hurling Show: Clare conspiracies. Cork go 3rd and multiply? Bonner blow. Galway miscalculateKen Hogan, Ger Cunningham and Michael Moynihan review the weekend's hurling drama with Anthony Daly- Clare gripes with Limerick's approach- Will this route suit Cork?- Have Tipp the panel?- The Nolan clatter than spurred Dubs- Keeping Tony Kelly up front- How Eamonn Dillon took on Daithí Burke- Poking the Kilkenny bear, Mullen learning on the job- Is this Davy's time to win one with Wexford?- The Birr axis key to Offaly crisisAnd much more in an hour of hurling chat... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-06-171h 03The Food ProgrammeWhat makes an excellent food producer?What does it take to produce delicious food of the highest quality in the UK in 2019? This year, it was the turn of chef, food writer, BBC TV presenter, and this year's head judge in the BBC Food and Farming Awards Angela Hartnett to find out. In this programme, Angela and Sheila Dillon spend a day with each of the finalists in the Best Food Producer category. Together, they visit three farms, in Cornwall, Herefordshire and Cumbria. Among the dedicated people they meet are Tanya the 'Duck Dabbler', a woman whose expertise in duck rearing are sought...
2019-05-1228 minThe Food ProgrammeLife of PieOne September Ella Risbridger tried to kill herself. She survived and left the hospital thinking about making a pie. When she got home, her partner persuaded her to make the pie, and it set Ella on a course to teach herself to cook. And in teaching herself to cook, she has taught herself to live. This is a programme about pies. The pork pie of Pete Brown and his ‘soon-to-be-wife’ Liz’s first date in Barnsley market. The pies that Julie Jones made with her mother which helped to keep her calm after a dementia diagnosis. Pies crafte...
2019-03-3129 minThe Food ProgrammeShould I boycott palm oil?You will have heard of palm oil... but do you really know why? Possibly the things that come to mind are orangutans, deforestation. Perhaps you know that most of it is grown in Malaysia and Indonesia? Maybe you were aware of the frozen food specialist Iceland's very public decision to avoid using it in it’s own brand products?In this programme Sheila Dillon delves into the complicated world of palm oil. She hears how the fat made from the fruit of the oil palm has become the world's most used vegetable oil. She speaks to environmentalists, an...
2019-02-1728 minThe Food ProgrammeCurry house crisis... where are the women?The British Asian restaurant sector says it's suffering the consequence of major staff shortages. Many high street takeaways and curry houses are facing closure. While restaurants search for a solution, some are questioning whether enough is being done to encourage women into traditionally male dominated kitchens. And whether if they could, this might be part of the solution.In this programme Sheila Dillon meets pioneers of British Asian cooking. Chef Romy Gill MBE, one of the first Indian women to own and run her restaurant 'Romy's Kitchen' near Bristol. Winner of BBC One's Masterchef Saliha Mahmood Ahmed...
2019-02-1027 min
Rumble StripThey Are Us, Part 1: Sarah
Sarah Holland had no history of mental illness. She was a full-time R.N., she had three kids and a small farm. She was busy. Then suddenly she started to experience symptoms of depression. She didn’t have a name for it. No one in her world had ever talked about mental health. But pretty soon Sarah was having a hard time working, and parenting.
This is a story of one woman’s struggle with major depression, and her recovery.
This show is the first in a seven-part series I produced for Vermont Public Radi...
2018-11-2013 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Show 4: They Are Us
How should people live long-term in our state if they have a serious mental illness? The hope is that they’ll find ways to integrate into their communities with support, but that’s proven tough to accomplish. In this show we look at the challenges in our community mental health care system.
Featuring:
Ken Libertoff, former director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health
Anne Donahue, state representative from Northfield and Berlin, editor of Counterpoint
Greg Mairs, operational director of adult services at Counseling Service of Addison County
Mary Moulton, executive director of Wa...
2018-11-2013 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Show 7: Work
Both Alexis and Steve were diagnosed with schizophrenia. This is the story about how meaningful, paid work plays a role in their recovery.
Featuring:
Paul Miller, co-coordinator of the Green Mountain Workforce, Washington County Mental Health
Louis Josephson, president and CEO of Brattleboro Retreat
Alexis Kyriak, artist
Steve, culinary worker
This show is part of a seven-part series I produced for Vermont Public Radio called They Are Us, which features personal stories from inside the state’s mental healthcare system.
Comments: Please make a comment or share a story if...
2018-11-2011 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Show 6: I Could Be Well
Leslie Nelson has heard voices for as long as she can remember. She sees things other people don’t see. This is a conversation about what it’s like to be normal, from Leslie’s point of view, and the incredible power of finding people like herself to talk with about their normal lives with mental illness.
Featuring:
Leslie Nelson, START Team Leader, Howard Center
This show is part of a seven-part series I produced for Vermont Public Radio called They Are Us, which features personal stories from inside the state’s mental...
2018-11-2015 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Show 3: Parents
Connie’s son was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was nineteen, just as he was becoming independent. He didn’t believe there was anything wrong with him. He did not want to seek treatment. And since he was legally an adult, his parents stood by and watched his life fall apart.
Ron’s story was much the same.
One in 100 adults is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and for most, the onset is around this time, in late adolescence, and parents often play a critical role in their care. As caregivers, crisis responders, money lender...
2018-11-2015 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Part 2: Home
There are Vermonters who experience psychiatric crises for years — and repeated visits to emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals. Where do they go when they leave the hospital? And why do they keep coming back? This is a story about the role housing plays in mental health.
Featuring:
Ken Libertoff, former director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health
Louis Josephson, president and CEO of Brattleboro Retreat
Brian Lincourt, night charge nurse at Brattleboro Retreat
Connie Stabler, mother and Howard Center board member
Karl Jeffries, unit chief for adult inpatient unit at Brattleboro Ret...
2018-11-2012 minRumble StripThey Are Us, Show 5: My Pad
A story about Vermont’s only permanent, supervised housing for people with serious mental illness.
Featuring:
Anne Donohue, state representative from Northfield and Berlin, editor of Counterpoint
Graham Parker, MyPad director
Connie Stabler, mother and Howard Center board member
This show is part of a seven-part series I produced for Vermont Public Radio called They Are Us, which features personal stories from inside the state’s mental healthcare system.
Comments: Please make a comment or share a story if you’ve got one. Comments and conversation are part of the po...
2018-11-2010 minThe Food ProgrammeBBC Food and Farming Awards 2018: First CourseAndi Oliver, Alex James and Matt Tebbutt join Sheila Dillon for a night once dubbed 'the Oscars of the food world'; the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018. The night that the country's best loved chefs, cooks and food writers gather to celebrate unsung food heroes. Farmers, community cooks, shop owners, food and drink producers; You nominated them in your thousands. Now, at the Food and Farming awards ceremony in Bristol, the winners are revealed.Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury.
2018-06-1924 minThe Food ProgrammeFood Stories From Syria (3)Europe's migrant crisis is far from over. Already in 2018, the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) estimate that more than 24, 475 people have arrived in Europe by sea. 609 people are dead or missing since January*. The conflict in Syria is now into its 7th year. With an ongoing backdrop of war and violence, and more people arriving into Europe from Syria and elsewhere, Sheila Dillon wants to hear how people fleeing the crisis are living, eating and using food to tell the stories of the journeys they have made. In summer 2017, she travelled to Greece to speak to people living...
2018-05-2028 minThe Food ProgrammeThe BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018: Finalist storiesYou know their names, now Sheila Dillon helps tell the stories of the finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018. For the last month, our judges, including Tim Hayward, Andi Oliver, Tom Parker-Bowles and Romy Gill have travelled the length and breadth of the UK to meet this year's finalists. In this programme, our judges meet a Northern Irish farmer who went from never trying salami to producing award winning charcuterie in a year. They visit a local deli and cafe owned by a fisherman who has spent his life catching eels and salmon on the...
2018-04-3028 minThe Food ProgrammeDoctor's Orders: Getting Tomorrow's Medics CookingThe NHS is at crisis point. Despite the diet books, the fitness videos, the health bloggers, in 2016, Public Health England estimated that Illness associated with lifestyle costs the NHS £11 billion every year. But are we missing something obvious? Could we bring down the cost to the taxpayer, reduce pressure on the health system, with simple advice on what we should eat and drink when we go to see our GP? A growing group of medical professionals think so. Meet the doctors demanding better training on food and nutrition for students at medical school; Dr Rangan C...
2018-03-2528 min
#Hip-Hop #Reggae #Electronic Dance MusicKonshens, Dillon Francis, Tropkillaz, Marshmello, Getter & Ghostemane, LB2, Chocolate Box)01.Konshens - Body Happy feat. Shaggy
02.Konshens - Big Belly feat. Rick Ross & Rvssian
03.Mavado - Enemies
04.Ekali & ZHU - Blame (NGHTMRE Remix)
05.Dillon Francis - We The Funk ft. Fuego
06.Tropkillaz - Milk & Honey feat. Aloe Blacc
07.Marshmello - Fly feat. Leah Culver
08.Jauz x YOOKiE x Josh Pan - Dinner Chat
09.Getter x Ghostemane - Beware: The Sirens
10.Getter x Ghostemane - Grain
11.Lil Yachty - Mickey feat. Offset & Lil Baby
12.Lil Yachty - Baby Daddy feat. Lil Pump & Offset
13.Jeremih - Nympho
14.Jeremih...
2018-03-0948 minThe Food ProgrammeThe BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...Where are the cooks changing the lives of their communities? Which food shops or markets make shopping a more unique experience? Who is making the UK a more delicious place through food and drink? Rick Stein, Giorgio Locatelli, Angela Hartnett, Yotam Ottolenghi and this year's head judge Andi Oliver join Sheila Dillon to launch 2018's search for the best in UK food, drink and farming; the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018. Sheila celebrates the impact of previous award winners and reveals the expert panel of judges who'll crown the Food and Farming Awards 'Class of 2018'. But it...
2018-01-1428 minThe Food ProgrammeSalt FishOnce a cheap dish to feed workers, salted cod has been preserved by cooks around the world who serve it to celebrate: On Sundays, at Carnival, at Christmas. It's an ingredient which has played a part in the forming of empires, fuelled armies and cured hangovers. Sheila Dillon meets cooks and hears the enduring and surprising stories of cuisines shaped by salt fish. She asks why some of the best new British chefs are choosing to include saltfish on their menus.Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury.
2017-08-2728 minThe Food ProgrammePatience Gray: A Life Through Food"Poverty rather than wealth gives the good things of life their true significance. Home-made bread rubbed with garlic and sprinkled with olive oil, shared - with a flask of wine - between working people, can be more convivial than any feast." So writes Patience Gray in the introduction to her 1986 award winning book 'Honey From A Weed: Fasting & Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, The Cyclades and Apulia'. To some, Patience's name evokes a masterpiece, one of the most evocative and imaginative food books written in modern times. To others, her name will mean very little; Patience Gray, by...
2017-08-0628 minThe Food ProgrammeGreece: Return to the land?This week, Sheila Dillon is in Greece to speak to farmers and food producers about how they are carving new lives for themselves out of the financial crisis. Greeks have now lived through seven years of austerity after the most catastrophic European financial crisis in modern times. Unemployment is above 23%, higher than anywhere in the EU. Amongst the under 25's the figure is more than 46%. Life is tough in Greece. But food and farming tell a more uplifting story. Employment in food production and farming is up. Many young people left their former lives in...
2017-07-2328 minThe Food ProgrammeDiet and Dementia: An UpdateWhat can I do? That was the question posed to us by Food Programme listener Angie Roberts who cares for her mother Clara. Clara, like 850 thousand others in the UK, has dementia, and meal times were making her anxious.9 months on from our last edition on food and dementia, Sheila Dillon hears from people living with dementia to see how food figures in their lives. She catches up with dementia entrepreneur James Ashwell, founder of Unforgettable.org and hears how he has made gadgets to make eating and drinking easier, available on the high street. Sheila also...
2017-06-2548 minThe Food ProgrammeWomen & BeerThink beer. Think boys with beards? Think again. The last time Sheila Dillon reported on the women in British beer, in 2013, she met Sara Barton head brewer at Brewster's brewery in Lincolnshire. At the time Sara was the only woman head brewer in the country and women were drinking only a tenth of all the beer sold in the UK. Today that figure has nearly tripled, Sara has become the first woman to be named 'Brewer of the Year' by the Guild of Beer Writers, and women all around the UK are turning to jobs in brewing.
2017-06-1128 minThe Food ProgrammeOut Like a LambLamb. Long a staple of the UK dinner table. But one glance at the statistics and it's obvious that 'Generation Y' aren't inspired. Estimates suggest under 30s are buying just 15g of lamb a week. That's just over 10 lamb chops in a year and less than half the UK average. In this programme Sheila Dillon asks young butchers, food entrepreneurs and a 3rd generation sheep farmer in his thirties whether there's any saving shepherd's pie, lamb shanks and Irish stew. She gets a lesson in Iranian midweek lamb cooking from cook and author of 'The Saffron Tales...
2017-04-3028 minThe Food ProgrammeBBC Food & Farming Awards 2017: The FinalistsYou've cast your nominations in the thousands. Now it's time to reveal who's in the running in the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017. Judges including Giorgio Locatelli, Joanna Blythman, Allegra McEvedy, Stefan Gates, Romy Gill and Gill Meller help Sheila Dillon to reveal this year's finalists. They prepare to embark on journeys which will take them up and down the UK in search of the best British food and farming the country has to offer.Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced by Clare Salisbury.
2017-03-2028 minThe Food ProgrammeLet's Do LunchWhat did you eat for lunch today? Whatever you ate, according to our recent national survey you took less than half an hour to do it. Twenty five minutes twenty four to be precise.We're living in an era of grab-and-go. It's a sector of the food industry already worth £16.1 billion pounds and which forecasts suggest could rise by more than a third by 2021. If we eat, we do so 'al-desko'... or maybe we don't eat at all.Whether you opt for sausage rolls or sushi, last night's leftovers or a just a latte, Sheila D...
2017-02-1928 minThe Food ProgrammeSisters' Feast'Pop-up' chef and food writer Olia Hercules, The Great British Bake Off contestant turned Youtube star Chetna Makan, Film academic come supper club hostess Dr Alissa Timoshkina and cafe chef / 'instagrammer' / writer Elly Curshen are among ten women from different food cultures coming together for the first time to cook a truly female feast. It's a 'pop-up' dinner hosted and put together in Bristol by Romy Gill and Kim Somauroo to raise money for international charity 'Action Against Hunger'.Sheila Dillon speaks to the 'Severn Sisters' as well as their guests, including former BBC Food & Farming Awards...
2016-12-0528 minThe Food ProgrammeFood in Extreme Places: Antarctica (1/3)Across all of the world, weather doesn't get more extreme than the Antarctic winter. The continent is plunged into 24 hour darkness from from March to October with strong polar winds and temperatures that can dip to minus 50. But for the staff of the Halley Research station, work and life goes on. In 2014 experienced Antarctic chef Gerard Baker joined the base for the cold Antarctic winter to cook for the team. In the first of a special Food Programme series documenting food in extreme environments, Gerard shares his diary with Sheila Dillon. She hears what it takes to...
2016-04-0328 minThe Food ProgrammeMy Food Hero: Sheila Dillon meets writer and campaigner Susan GeorgeIn the second of a special series of food heroes, Sheila Dillon meets one of the most influential writers on international hunger and social justice in recent times. Susan George published her first book 'How the Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World Hunger' almost 40 years ago. It was a book that, at the time, offered a radically different perspective on famine in the developing world. In 1985, as pictures of East African drought and hunger started appearing on our TV screens, Susan George published 'Ill Fares The Land' a collection of essays which didn't...
2015-08-1728 min