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Keith Skipper recalls the glory days when cowboy adventures made for great bedtime reading

Brilliant exponent of long-form journalism, Guardian columnist and editor of the Independent on Sunday in the 1990s

From the news to Housewives' Choice, time signals were crucial to the early days of BBC radio, and our own daily structure

Listening to music with my mother, doing my homework, reporting from India: it has always been there, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack

Desert Islands Discs launched, a raffish bachelor made sitcom history, hoofers had a riot and a man called Alan hosted Woman’s Hour – which revealed how to keep your husband’s suits crease-free

The Queens death at 96 marks the end of a remarkable reign, which began with the death of King George VI in 1952. Here, a look back at her extraordinary coronation on June 2 1953.

PENNY JUNOR: It was only her family and friends, who knew the real Elizabeth and knew she was anything but bland. She had a very quick wit, a good sense of humour and a great sense of fun.

He moved from Radio Luxembourg to join the BBC and with his Sheffield roots was later the first voice heard on the new Radio Hallam

By Cian Manning Eamonn Andrews was born in Dublin on 19th December 1922. In his youth he was educated at Synge Street CBS not far from his home where he lived with his parents (his father working in the Electricity Supply Board), three sisters and brother Noel (who would also have a career as a

The point of BBC Radio 3 is not to reach as broad an audience as possible but to be as broad-ranging as possible