This week I took long-term decisions to build a brighter future and change our country.
This change will:
🏘️ Transform our towns
🚆 Boost our transport
📚 Improve our education
🚭 Reduce cancer deaths
Here’s how👇
Some personal news on a Monday.
I’m stupidly lucky to be have offered the chance to work on (in my biased opinion) the best breakfast show in the country
@absoluteradio
.
From January I’ll be napping in the daytime, setting a 4am alarm and loving it!
Time to stockpile sleep. 😴
🚨Some professional news🚨
After over 2 years enjoying Real Music Mattering, in October I’ll be turning off the early alarm and joining the
@radioacademy
National Station of the Year
@magicfm
.
I scraped in before the transfer window shut & that means there’s a job going…
🚨Professional News ahoy🚨
Got a wee job title change/promotion this week so having a self indulgent moment.
I’m now a Senior* Producer at the best radio station -
@magicfm
.
Must mean the 4 til 7 show launch has gone okay?!
*apparently this doesn’t get me a free bus pass.
A tiny bit of exciting news from me on a Friday.
From Monday morning I'll be working for
@absoluteradio
😮
I've had the best 2 years at
@Heart4Counties
but can't wait to get started and get moving to London!
If you're London based and fancy a beer give me a shout!
@bplmurphy
@jamesjohndeacon
Lads, usually a big fan of your work, but this is MADNESS. The cheese and cold meats at 6 gets totally thrown out by dinner at 4pm, think about it. CHRIST.
🚨Professional News Alert🚨
Absolutely buzzing to be working with
@pricetom
&
@katshoob
on
@magicfm
’s new Drivetime Show… plus I get to work with my favourite
@JamesGreen89
, wins all round!
We start on Monday 9th October and would love you to be there… let’s go peloton!
Has anyone checked in on Jeremy Clarkson?
It's A-Level Results Day and he's not yet tweeted to say how badly he did but how big his house is now.
Hope the big fella is doing okay!
I’m not saying I’ve not got my shit together at the moment but my dinner tonight is 2 slices of toast, a white mini magnum and some Red Wine.
I regret nothing.
Just asked a colleague for their meal deal of choice.
They came back with:
- Chicken and Sweetcorn Sandwich
- Soreen Malt Loaf (as a snack?!)
- Iced Coffee
I think this might be the worst meal deal combination of all time.
I’m about to jump on a train to Gatwick for work.
I’m greeting the Assistant Manager of the last ever Blockbuster Video as he lands in the UK.
Radio is a bit bonkers sometimes isn’t it?
After details of my cutlery draw were leaked on
@absoluteradio
this morning I’d like to say I stand by this 👇
Organised cutlery draws are the devil’s work and quite frankly the game of “knife or fork” never gets old.
We buried Grandma on a Friday.
It was a low key funeral & hymns (one of her only requests when she’d said what she’d want on the day) banned due to Covid.
In Number 10 they were probably drinking wine and probably singing along to a staffer DJing.
Furious doesn’t come close.
Last year, on a first date in the park (it was lockdown) I bought a set of 4 wine glasses so we could have wine in the park.
Today my flatmate
@danxnoble
broke the last of the set.
Still, at least they lasted longer than the relationship, take the positives.
8 years ago I helped deliver
#SRACon
down in Exeter for
@XpressionFM
.
Today I’m heading back to do a session at this year’s conference and to produce tomorrow’s Homerun on Magic with
@pricetom
(get it on from 4) from my old student studios.
Sometimes life is quite cool.
He’s made a political calculation to demonise a minority to try and win an election.
It’s abhorrent and vile and it won’t work.
Love and solidarity as always to the Trans community. 🏳️⚧️
'We shouldn't be bullied into believing people can be any sex they want to be, they can't. A man is a man and a woman is a woman', says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Seen a load of people starting to do ‘virtual pub quizzes’ to help combat loneliness as distancing starts.
So I’m jumping on the bandwagon.
I’ll be writing a load and happy to share with anyone who wants them, DM me and donate some tins to your local food bank if you can.
Proud moment with the work family.
@pricetom
&
@katshoob
are on your radios now with the 4 till 7 show and looking LOVELY (
@JamesGreen89
also looking grand!)
Do me a favour.. just put
@magicfm
on. For me. We’ve been working very hard and today we have shiny new look. Even
@pricetom
and
@katshoob
have dressed up for the 4 till 7 show! ✨ I’m quite excited ✨insert ‘quite’ for ‘ridiculously’💪 ps that’s the fab Will and James.
Parliamentary source says officials have stopped six people trying to smuggle their pet dogs into Westminster Hall under their coats for the Queen's lying in state
BREAKING: Ed Woodward has resigned as chairman of Manchester United.
Woodward’s decision comes after the backlash over the European Super League.
- talkSPORT sources understand
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Honestly BUZZING to be doing the music on this little beauty.
If you’ve enjoyed the past 10 years, like music or have just enjoyed whenever I’ve chucked a playlist please dip your toe in and listen.
Launches at 10 this morning. Enjoy.
As we approach the end of another huge decade of music the Absolute Radio family is adding a brand new member from 10am TODAY. We're proud to introduce...Absolute Radio 10s! 💻Online📱On Mobile🗣On Smart Speaker
#AbsoluteRadio
#RealMusicMatters
It may be the time.
It may be the red wine.
It may be my lack skill.
But, I’m ironing my shirt for the SRAs tomorrow and never have the words ‘easy iron’ been more misleading.
If only I’d opened my eyes.
Great photo after
@thesturge
gave an interview masterclass.
BUZZING for the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special this evening!
And I still have those moments, which i know is ridiculous, asking for help only ever makes you better and stronger.
However tough it is, you’re never alone, you’d be surprise how many people care about you.
Look after yourself in these stupidly tough times
I've made a thing.
I'd love you to listen to it on Wednesday at 9pm then I may be allowed to make more things.
Also send me nice feedback as I'm a fragile flower.
We're commemorating 10 years since Oasis split. Listen to Absolute Radio from 9pm this Wednesday to hear from the Gallagher brothers and others involved in the band that epitomised the 90s.
Sad seeing some tearing 'celebs' to pieces for vocalising their struggle with isolation.
They may have bigger houses but that doesn't mean the act of distancing yourself from loved ones is any easier.
#BeKind
lasted a while didn't it?
Let's be supportive of each other.
I’m bloody delighted to be working with Nels, he’s already smashing it.
Just worried he’s going to take the Producer title off me by the end of the year.
#WelcomeNels
Excited to be tearing it up on
@absoluteradio
every Saturday with
@mattforde
@RealDysonator
and
@WillHShort
If you let me back next weekend I promise I won’t set the fire alarm off again 😭
Looking forward to playing a part in a legendary show! We move 🙌🏾⚡️
Listening back to my old student radio shows ahead of heading back to Exeter for the Student Radio Conference.
Been reminded of an old feature I used to do called 'Sit On My Facebook'.
A creative high I've never been able to replicate since.
A friend of mine has just sent me a show we did together at Uni on
@XpressionFM
which is buried away “on the web”
All I can say is it’s a miracle I’ve ended up being paid to do radio.
Very few prouder moments than hearing one of your best mates smash it all over the park on the radio.
But
@danxnoble
is currently doing just that on
@absoluteradio
.
He’s really quite good despite what I usually say.