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Thank goodness . . . Tiger is human after all

'WE know what it takes to be a Tiger, " says one advert for Accenture, the world's biggest management consultancy. "It's what you do next that...
Sunday Herald, The, 12/01/09 by BARRY DIDCOCK · More from publication
Gathering all the bits that piece a puzzle together Radio review

IT is a rare programme indeed that can combine 1980s TV nostalgia with an art history lesson from Margaret Drabble while namechecking Jane Austen,...
Sunday Herald, The, 12/01/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication
Bye bye Terry, mornings won't be the same again Radio preview

WHETHER you normally butter your toast to the sound of the Today programme or Alice Cooper's Planet Rock breakfast show, I suggest you re-tune to...
Sunday Herald, The, 12/01/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication
Giles Wemmbley Hogg proves a jolly good giggle

THE bumbling, well-meaning toff has been a favourite of British comedy writers since Bertie Wooster first laced his brogues in PG Wodehouse's...
Sunday Herald, The, 12/01/09 by Radio review By Barry Didcock · More from publication
Never a Dahl day when Lenny tells a tale Radio preview

CAN'T think what to do with the kids while you decorate the tree? Then plonk them beside the radio and tell them this is how grandma entertained...
Sunday Herald, The, 12/01/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication
A journey through the life and times of Alan Bennett Radio review

ALAN Bennett turned 75 this summer. Last week a new play, The Habit Of Art, opened at the National Theatre in London. To honour both the birthday...
Sunday Herald, The, 11/22/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication

The supermodel and the search for beauty Radio preview

ERIN O'Connor, below, is one of the brainiest supermodels to have sashayed down a catwalk and, having more or less turned her back on couture,...
Sunday Herald, The, 11/22/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication
SILLY SYMPHONIES Known primarily as a comedian and actor, Bill

AS Bill Bailey strides up the steps of London's exclusive Langham Hotel, I tick off the rock star cliches like they're items on a backstage rider....
Sunday Herald, The, 11/15/09 by WORDS: Barry Didcock · More from publication
Christianity and Islam - a misunderstood relationship Radio review

"KNOW your history" was the central message of The Crescent And The Cross (BBC World Service, Monday, 8pm), Owen Bennett Jones's four-part survey...
Sunday Herald, The, 11/15/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication
Stop, look and listen Barry Didcock speaks to Paul Tierney, one of

WHEN Russian artist Viktor Hartmann died suddenly in 1873, aged just 39, a commemorative exhibition was held at the Academy of Fine Arts in St...
Sunday Herald, The, 11/08/09 by Barry Didcock · More from publication