David Sillito
Media and Arts Correspondent at BBC
BBC Media and Arts Correspondent, Scarborian + all views mine.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | David Sillito
The Lady, Britain's longest-running women's magazine, has formally announced that it has ceased publication. The magazine is famed for its etiquette advice and adverts for butlers, nannies and discreet liaisons with well-heeled 60-somethings. In a statement, the publishers confirmed recent media reports that the April edition of the magazine will be the last, but added that the website with its jobs board and recruitment agency will continue.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
sports.yahoo.com | David Sillito
After 60 years, Match of the Day is abandoning its sole presenter format and taking on three people who will, in turn, host the show. It is a departure, but it is far from a new strategy in TV. Match of the Day has, extraordinarily, had just five main presenters in its history - with Gary Lineker being in the hot seat for the past 26 years.
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Nov 11, 2024 |
yahoo.com | David Sillito
Salford University's Centenary Building, which won Britain's most prestigious architectural award when it was first built, is to be demolished. The building was the inaugural winner of the Stirling Prize in 1996, but has been vacant for the past eight years. Judges had once declared it Britain's best new building, saying it was "a dynamic, modern and sophisticated exercise in steel, glass and concrete".
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Sep 9, 2024 |
yahoo.com | David Sillito
David Sillito - Media correspondentSeptember 9, 2024 at 6:07 PM·2 min readOnline has for the first time overtaken television in an annual survey of the UK's news habits. Research by the broadcast regulator Ofcom reveals 71% of the population said they used online services for news versus 70% for TV news bulletins. Over the last year, online sources grew from 68% to 71%, while social media also saw a rise from 47% to 52%.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
bbc.com | David Sillito
The rock band defined the Cool Britannia movement and had the best-selling British album of the 90s.
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It would be rather wonderful if this made it to the BBC’s most read list - 11 years after it was first posted. And seasons greetings to all the lovely people on the railway.
In case anyone saw my report last year on the lovely Gwendolyn being one of the last people to receive a telegram from the Queen - here she is on her 101st birthday rocking it as Cruella de Vil. https://t.co/Q0gRW6T8pc
Good news - Devin the dog has been found safe and well in a garden in East Finchley. If you want to know how he’s brought a bit of chaos to 1000s along the Northern Line today - have a look at the thread below. It involves a rescue train. 🧵 https://t.co/OcN5KprEZa
I’m case anyone’s wondering why the Northern Line is suspended at East Finchley. An Alsatian is on the track.