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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Miranda Sawyer

The week in audio: 5 Live Breakfast; LBC; Sounds of Black Britain; Empire; Love and Radio – review

5 Live LBC Arabella Britain Queen Elizabeth II Julie Adenuga Afrobeats Anita Anand David Olusoga Podcast
Crowds wait to catch a glimpse of the Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh last week.
Crowds wait to catch a glimpse of the Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh last week. AP Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

5 Live Breakfast (BBC 5 Live) | BBC Sounds
LBC | globalplayer.com
Sounds of Black Britain (The Black Curriculum | apple.com
Empire: Queen Elizabeth II and Empire | Goalhanger Podcasts
Love and Radio | loveandradio.org

“I liked her,” said Arabella, seven, from Helensburgh. “But I’m not a big fan.” In an interview with Alexandra Mackenzie on Tuesday morning’s 5 Live Breakfast, Arabella’s answer was perfectly reasonable, given that Mackenzie had just asked her what she thought of the Queen. Arabella had queued with her dad and sister to have a look at the royal coffin in Edinburgh and was distinctly… unimpressed. The word “meh” was invented for Arabella.

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