Annie Nightingale
Letter: Annie Nightingale obituary
Mike Pender writes: In an interview in the 1970s Annie said that she would love to play Bob Dylan’s Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands on her radio show.
Mike Pender
06, Mar, 2024 @5:18 PM
Annie Nightingale obituary
Radio 1’s longest-serving broadcaster, dedicated to groundbreaking music for more than 50 years
Caroline Sullivan
12, Jan, 2024 @5:08 PM
Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open
The late Radio 1 DJ was inspiring for so many reasons: her unbounded tastes, her all-star connections, and her refusal to be a gatekeeper
Fiona Sturges
12, Jan, 2024 @4:49 PM
Annie Nightingale: Radio 1’s first female DJ and champion of new music dies aged 83
The broadcaster’s family said she died at home on 11 January following a short illness and described her as a ‘pioneer, trailblazer and inspiration to many’
Laura Snapes
12, Jan, 2024 @1:52 PM
Annie Nightingale: 'If I can play what I like and say what I like, that’s the dream'
At 80, DJ Annie Nightingale is still in awe of the young and a champion of new music. As she publishes her memoir, she recalls her long career in pop culture – and speaking her mind
Jude Rogers
30, Aug, 2020 @11:00 AM
‘The guys were waiting for me to fail’: Annie Nightingale on battling the BBC
Still doing a Radio 1 show at 80, the veteran DJ tells Desert Island Discs about Beatles secrets and breaking down a ‘wall of no’
Vanessa Thorpe
19, Jul, 2020 @6:43 AM
'I was shattered' – Paul Weller, Booker T and more on the day the Beatles split
Fifty years ago today, the counter-cultural whirlwind that was the Beatles ended. Musicians, fans and insiders relive the devastating day their era-defining story came to an abrupt close
Interviews by Jude Rogers
09, Apr, 2020 @5:00 AM
Inspiring culture: 50 works that changed our critics' lives
Our reviewers select standout moments in their field which still shape their love of the arts
Susannah Clapp, Laura Cumming, Kitty Empire, Euan Ferguson, Mark Kermode, Fiona Maddocks, Rowan Moore, Miranda Sawyer, and more
29, Mar, 2020 @6:00 AM
The week in radio: Love With Annie Nightingale; The Conversation: Simone Biles and Nadia Comaneci; The Unmissables
Annie Nightingale came over all romantic, while two great gymnasts failed to strike up a rapport
Miranda Sawyer
17, Sep, 2017 @6:00 AM
How we made The Old Grey Whistle test
‘Captain Beefheart took over the control room, as if he was producing the entire show, and Bob Marley and the Wailers were ridiculously good – and totally stoned’
Interviews by Jack Watkins
28, Aug, 2017 @12:03 PM
Annie Nightingale: 50 Years in Music review: Nick Grimshaw talks raving, not ageing, with radio royalty
Acid house, Kate Moss and an MBE: the DJ looks back over a career fuelled by her passion for music, while Mat Fraser joins the irrepressible Titans of Tease in Radio 4’s Burlesque Legends
Hannah Verdier
26, Nov, 2015 @5:10 PM
Readers suggest the 10 best radio voices
Last week we brought you our 10 favourite radio voices. Here are your thoughts on presenters who should also have made the list
Aurora Percannella
19, Nov, 2015 @12:03 PM
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