Just back from the BBC studio in Luton where I was asked to contribute to Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. If was all very easy and straightforward – turn up, sound-check, answer a few questions, go home. But it was something…
Read moreI was asked this week to write a post for the BBC TV blog. My post on the BBC Blog is now live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/The-Ladybird-Books-Story-How-Britain-Got-the-Reading-Bug
Read moreTo millions of people, Ladybird Books were as much a part of childhood as battery powered torches and warm school milk. These now iconic pocket sized books once informed us on such diverse subjects as how magnets work, what to…
Read moreAnd in this festival of Ladybird loveliness, I find out when the Ladybird Book documentary is due to be screened. The date I’ve just been given is …December 22nd.BBC4. For old/vintage Ladybird Book fans out there, this has GOT to…
Read moreJust watched today’s Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Be it known …I SO did not say that I had the world’s largest private collection of Ladybird Books! They just made that up! Here’s the link to the episode on iPlayer. The…
Read moreOne of my favourite TV programmes has to be Antiques Road Trip. I never miss one and am quite happy to watch repeats. I just find the format works really well, so when a BBC researcher got in touch to…
Read moreI’m often asked to help someone identify a dearly remembered book from the odd line or description of a picture. Often I can do it – but this one may be a bit modern for me. Can anyone help? Ladybird…
Read moreRather belatedly, here’s news of some of the Ladybird Land business I mentioned in my last post. Episode 1. The BBC4 Series Timeshift is going to do a whole long documentary on Ladybird Books! They’ve been getting in touch with…
Read moreThe normal tranquillity of Ladybird Land has been rather disrupted lately. For one reason or another, there have been lots of journalists and programme makers looking into the subject. The main reason seems to be the forthcoming ‘centenary’ of Ladybird. …
Read moreRobert Lumley and Eric Winter are the two artists I am most often asked about. This reflects the enduring popularity of the 27 Well Loved Tales titles issued between 1964 (starting with Cinderella) until The Musicians of Bremen (1974). (For…
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