TudoRama
Episodes
647 episodes
Dear Mr President
This audiotape is a transcript translated into English of an open letter written to President Trump by the distinguished Russian director and author Eduard Topol. The letter was widely circulated on the Internet on Septe...
MacGillycuddy's Reeks: The creation of a folk ballad (1)
MacGillycuddy's Reeks: The Creation of a Folk BalladMacGillycuddy's Reeks is a ballad about a young woman abandoned on the eve of her wedding. This is the audio note I made in turning an idea into a poem, on Friday 11 Septemb...
The Modern Book Burners
This is the story about a large scale operation, possibly illegal, in buying second hand books, scraping their contents before destroying the originals.It was drawn to my attention by a regular contributor to my newsletter who se...
Nigel Farage defends the Indefensible
Nigel Farage defends the indefensible This audio tape is the second dealing with The Channel 4 report on malpractices within the Reform party. It is offered as an example of how not to prepare a statement for public release if your ...
Channel 4 does a number on Nigel Farage
As the Channel 4 programme revealed, Mr Farage was filmed by undercover reporters from @Verbatim_Media as part of a year-long investigation that Channel 4 News has thoroughly checked and verified.This meeting took place in his Clacton co...
Andy Burnham's Agenda. I discuss with CHAT GBT.
ChatGBT helps me understand Andy Burnham's first policy statement as Prime Minister.The news headlines tended to tell us more about their political leadings than the statement to the House.As The Spectator saw it ‘Reviews of...
The Cost of Polish, by Jeff Bullas
This audio text replicates contents of a post on X by the American social influencer Jeff Bullas. Jeff has granted permission for me to present his material, which I believe addresses one of the urgent challenges of the AI world.@jeffbul...
Nine till ever. A tribute to Dolly Parton
Nine till ever. A tribute to Dolly PartonThis week every other news item was superseded by the news of the death of country superstar Dolly PartonI learned how she wrote songs in consolation at tragic incidences in a rollercoaster of...
Learning to chat with CHAT GBT
I am continuing my apprenticeship learning to use ChatGPT. At the moment, my experiment demonstrates how with minimum experience it is possible to find the appropriate amount of information and dealing with some problem.Today my problem ...
How I learned to chat with Chat GBT
A discussion supported by ChatGBT and illustrating a practical search process.
Developing creative prompting skills for the age of AI
An important skill for the age of AI is developing skills at prompting AI agents. This audio note outlines some preliminary thoughts of my own, and an interesting publication on the topic.First, a working definition. What do I mean by cr...
Hero Worship in Action: The Case of Amy Hunt
This week, the United Kingdom discovered a new sporting heroine, in the European Games. Amy Hunt won four gold medals in an increasing blaze of publicity.As the BBC enthusedAmy has never been afraid to choose the hard path. Undert...
Watching the World go dark. The 2026 Eclipse
Wednesday 12 August 2026Tonight the world will go dark. Light from the Sun will be blocked off for a few minutes. Put simply, the orbit of the moon gets between the Sun and the Earth. This briefly blocks the light waves...
How the BBC creates rather than reports a news story: The death of a police officer
The BBC has recently presented a significant news event in a way that seems to me to be utterly irresponsible and biased. It shows how reporting the news can slide into creating a news story to achieve an implicit goal.
The two faces of celebrity. What's in a name?
This week in the United Kingdom, two people were thrust into the headlines. One is a university professor. The other is a convicted criminal whose rehabilitation as a local counsellor is being backed by the leader of the Conservative Party....
Four Grandmothers and a Wrestler
One of those stories you want to believe in, even if you suspect there is an element of promotional wishful thinking about it.The four grandmothers, Lynn, Susie, Rose, and Christine met wrestler Gordon DeReiss while travelling to Las Veg...
Dusky Come Ride With Me: An Anglo-Welsh Odyssey
I wrote it this song initially for myself. It is called Dusky Come Ride with Me. An Anglo-Welsh Odyssey. I hope someday it will be heard and maybe sung by a new generation, with a deeper appreciation of the dynamic interplay between...
Guzundering, the art of the deal, and the house seller's dilemma
Recently, a new nightmare known as Gazundering has entered into the process of selling a house…
I lost my phone yesterday
Guess what?I lost my phone yesterday. I did all the usual stuff searching many times in the same place and getting the same result.That’s one definition of insanity according to Albert Einstein.As I was carrying out my futi...
Count Binface's Manifesto
For many years, local elections in England have been brightened by the appearance of a bizarre figure dressed in a surreal costume topped by a space age dustbin.Some have been angered by what they see as making a mockery of the sac...