Tag Archives: Bush House

The Tower of Babel

Posted on July 24, 2021 by blogmywiki

Back in the 1990s, the BBC World Service had a newsroom computer system called EDiT. This was the World Service version of a system called BASYS which had a bit of an interesting past. It was widely used in TV … Continue reading →

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My life in the Bush of ghosts

Posted on April 11, 2015 by blogmywiki

Yesterday, thanks to the kindness of Wanda Petrusewicz in remembering me, I was able to look inside Bush House, straddling Aldwych and the Strand in London. It was the home of the BBC World Service from 1941 until 2012, and … Continue reading →

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Prof Unwin talks about the Type B Desk

Posted on August 10, 2012 by blogmywiki

I probably should have uploaded this (and a load of other ancient Bush House audio treasure I forgot I had) when all the Bush nostalgia was in full flow a few weeks ago. But I didn’t. This is Stanley Unwin, … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Bush

Posted on February 29, 2012 by blogmywiki

I had no idea this film was being made until today – Thomas Hannen and Owain Rich have made a beautiful sequence of images using some of the voices I and others recorded for the radio programmes John Tusa and … Continue reading →

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