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Clouded Hills
High praise for Clouded Hills, Richard Holmes' walking poetry series
Wright Around the World
A host of listeners complain about the new Steve Wright show Wright Around the World
Changing Time
Requests for a return to Greenwich Mean Time on The World Today
Schedule Changes
More objections to the demise of Anything Goes and A Very Good Show
Listeners praise Richard Holmes' poetry inspired journey around Britain, Clouded Hills
In Praise of God
A non-religious listener is moved by the Easter edition of In Praise of God
Summertime Schedules
Dilly Barlow addresses listeners' problems with the new summer schedules
World Service Multimedia
Questions about the World Service online are answered
More Books
Listeners request more programmes about books
Gripe Time
Listeners challenge the use of the word mitigate
Australian Football
An Australian listener requests coverage of Australian Football
Play of the Week - Again
Listeners wonder why there are so many repeats of Play of the Week
Musical Inserts
Criticisms of musical inserts are countered by listeners who enjoy them
Everywoman
Listeners respond to commissioning editor Richard Dunn's recent defence of Everywoman
Russian Listeners
The popularity of the World Service in Russian is revealed
Junction Box
Praise for the youth programme Junction Box
Write On, Time Off
Listeners wonder what Write On presenters do when they're not presenting Write On
Poetic Complaints
A listener writes a poem complaining about the World Service music programmes
The Eclipse
Presenter Dilly Barlow asks listeners for their experiences of the recent eclipse
Eclipse Coverage
Praise for the World Service's coverage of the eclipse
The 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit
The 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit is is accused of not doing its job
Lie Down or Lay Down?
Questions about English pronunciation and tautologies
East Timor Crisis
Praise for the World Service's coverage of the East Timor crisis
Grammar versus Usage
Questions of grammar versus questions of useage
A Sense of Smell
A listener asks what a person without a sense of smell is called
How Dare You!
A Sports International feature on female boxers causes fury
Boxing Farce
The furore over Sports International's report on female boxers continues
Rugby Crumbs
Fragmented coverage of the Rugby World Cup causes frustration
Creeping Americanisms
Americanisms cause annoyance to a listener at sea
Newshour Facts
A mistake is spotted in report about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Poor Taste
The World Service news is accused of poor taste