How do we handle interruptions?
Jonathan Thomas
“Was that the doorbell? Did you hear something?” One of my greatest frustrations is getting an email saying that a parcel is going to be delivered, waiting in all morning for it, and then going to the front door… only to discover a passive-aggressive card that claims “We tried to deliver”. Did you? Really?
Mind you, there have been times when the delivery person has rung the bell and knocked the door, but I have been too busy to answer, honestly thinking that what I was doing was far more important. Every time I see that little card I start to wonder – what have I missed?
Aberfan: 60 years on – 'God gives us tears to shed'
As a broadcaster, there are some programmes that stay with you long after the microphone has been switched off. My recent edition of All Things Considered on Aberfan and Faith was one of them.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the disaster, I wanted to explore not simply what happened on 21 October 1966, but how people had lived with its consequences. The collapse of the coal tip above the village claimed 144 lives, including 116 children, leaving wounds that remain part of Wales' collective memory.