It's the final day of Lent Bumps and as usual I'll be live on Cam FM hosting our exclusive coverage of the races! We've stacked the river with more commentators than ever before, so what could possibly go wrong? Tune in bumps.camfm.co.uk to find out! First race 1240, through to the end after 5.
Are you absolutely, definitely sure you wouldn't prefer a nice game of chess?
Testament to how popular he is that this record is a gimme in any round of charity shop bingo - it must have sold a million. A genius of songwriting and performance, was still going strong. RIP, Neil
Sad to learn of the death of Neil Sedaka. Saw him twice in concert, a tremendous legacy of songs and a great performer. He'd discovered TikTok and had been playing there, too. RIP
Ooh you're right, it's a different version to that I normally play! Yes original album version. I usually use their best of (the one with him surfing down the Mersey)
Oh I'm not on air this week BUT there is a Decade Dip!
I used to do a full stream of Olympics posts (often then featured by BBC Sport) but that's not how things work now. Suffice to say the first week of Milano Cortina has been great. Lizzy Yarnold should be given more presenting. Tim and Ed have been right to be enthusiastic all along. Keep it up!
Amazed that two of my sit ins knew it! I thought it one of my deeper cuts
Oh go on then, I'll watch some Olympics...
I think it's that way round, yes!
Sad news. The Organist Entertains was one of the shows that I listened to when I was very little, fascinated by how radio could bring you something very different. Nigel's style was so welcoming and inclusive, no snobbery. I hadn't realised he was so young. RIP
I'm pottering around London today with no fixed agenda until 6ish. It's a lovely day for it! Shout if you fancy meeting for coffee or similar.
Showing the end destination of St Ives simply isn't useful or relevant to most people. Why not display Addenbrooke's then St Ives? Similar problems with the return bus, over half the people trying to board want to go to the railway station, which is the other way. Maybe Cambridge South will fix that
If anyone with an ear into Cambridge transport reads this - the A bus from Trumpington P&R is a great route for getting to Addenbrooke's. But it is woefully signed. Nearly all the passengers getting on at the P&R end have to ask, is this the bus to the hospital? 1/
A brand new album for 1990!
A craft shop display of zips. The word Zips happens to be in the same typeface as used by Pulp on their album More.
You deserve Zips #pulp
About to get underway with a live-from-home edition of The Sam Holloway Show. Album of the week comes from.The Soft Cavalry, plus we'll be paying tribute to Bob Weir. camfm.co.uk/player from 7pm.
Oh absolutely (although no Big Noise this week so we'll have to hold it over!)
Happy New Year, Kate! Hoping 2026 is a peaceful and straightforward one for you and us all!
For the first time in ages, I'm doing a live radio show on NYE! It'll be pretty much your usual comforting installment with a quick look back at two favourite albums of the week from this year. 7-8pm camfm.co.uk/player
We noticed that as a slightly odd choice of word! Maths? Steady thyself!
Durham Cathedral and Castle beside the River Wear
Traditional Christmas Day walk through Durham. This year there's somewhere open for a coffee. In another tradition, I described it to my mum using a reference that is long obsolete: in this case, "the place that used to be Radio Rentals". Kids, not sure where to begin with that one.
There's no live radio show from me this evening but I did record a little impromptu session of recent record discoveries (and a couple of old favourites). If you need to escape the festive then it's just for you! camfm.co.uk/player 7-8pm
The MetroCentre shopping mall at Christmas showing a tree decorated with coloured atars
I only ever come to the MetroCentre at this time of year now, so in my head it is permanently Christmas Eve here.
Had some year confusion as DVinyls and Chesney I always think are the year before they are, but I'm nailed on with Rush Rush as it was all over MTV the first summer I was in Holland.
Today is one of those days where it's a shame Connections is US not UK...
Yet again my Spotify Unwrapped is mostly TV themes...
A street sign saying 6-7 Cock Hill
Folks, I think I may have found the sign that will unite the generations and bring meme harmony to the world.
Jubilee Line delayed owing to "animals on the line". Where's Jack Straw when you need him?
I've arrived at my destination but I can't get out the car as they're playing Will Powers 'Kissing With Confidence and I have to wait until it's finished. Obviously.
