28th February 2024 In this week’s Eyecatching Words: Shamima Begum: evil or abandoned? The next government: A bitter inheritance or a golden opportunity? Islamophobia? What’s that then? Trident: Faking it Lord of the Rings cosplay The millennium bug - 24 years later Bollocks to that Just a reminder that Eyecatching Words is also available as …
EW63: Don’t panic
In this week’s Eyecatching Words I’ll be covering the usual news and absurdities of life, and in particular focusing on the transformation of the BT Tower, rituals associated with Hindu houses, a new exhibition of the artist Frank Auerbach, people watching at Gatwick, and the need not to panic when confronted with information overload. > …
Eyecatching Words Weekly 62: The Yorkshire Edition
In this week’s EW, I will be giving my usual views on the news, setting out why I think we need to get rid of Trident, and taking a visit to the the Village of Steep in Hampshire and its famous local pub The Harrow. The main feature this week is a visit to Yorkshire …
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Podcast Episode 61: The Men’s Room Edition
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justin-dix/episodes/Ep-61-The-Mens-Room-Episode-e2fhld7 Intro This is Episode 61 of the weekly Eyecatching Words podcast, published on the 7th February 2024. Music Openings Hello and welcome to the Eyecatching Words podcast. This is your weekly aural (spelt with an “au”) magazine with news, features and music from deep in the heart of the UK, as seen by a …
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HG Wells and optimism
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
Podcast Episode 60
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/RKEh6tvkRGb Intro This is Episode 60 of the weekly Eyecatching words podcast, published on the 31st January 2024. Music Hello and welcome to the Eyecatching words podcast. This is your weekly aural (spelt with an “au”) magazine with news, features and music from deep in the heart of the UK, as seen by a white …
Ep 59
Intro This is Episode 59 of the weekly Eyecatching Words podcast, published on the 24th January 2024. Music Openings Hello and welcome to the Eyecatching Words podcast. This is your weekly aural (spelt with an “a”) magazine with news, features and music from deep in the heart of the UK, as seen by a white …
Ep 58: a day in the life
Episode 58 This is Episode 58 of the weekly Eyecatching Words podcast, published on the 18th January 2024.  Intro Hello and welcome to the Eyecatching Words podcast. This is your weekly aural (with a capital A) magazine with news, features and music from deep in the heart of the UK, as seen by a …
Ep 59: The Travel Bug
Pareidolia
I see faces In the most unlikely places I shall call him Isaiah As one eye Is higher Than the other
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