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The great British painter you've never heard of?
The name of Dave Pearson may not come to mind when you think of great British painters of the twentieth century. But to his admirers, this painter exemplified what it means to be an artist: committed,...
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Election questions
The talk of manifestos, pledges, gaffes and u-turns has started. As an election year begins, iPM is offering a new service to help you through it. Is there a question you'd like to ask or something...
View ArticleRadical studies: security and student visas
It started with an email from listener Andrew Skilton: "I was admissions tutor in a Theology and Religious Studies department at a British university between 2000-04. I was bemused by a surge in...
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Election: "Which parties will help the long-term disabled?"
Between now and the general election, we at iPM are offering a new service to our listeners imaginatively titled Election Questions. The first question we tried to answer was from Jean Buckton "I am...
View ArticleLeaseholders and 'The Right to Manage'
Peter Rochford runs an organisation in Hastings that helps leaseholders of flats and apartments who feel they're paying over the odds for the upkeep of their building. Peter was nominated for the iPM...
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Election: "I live in a safe seat, should I bother to vote?"
Between now and the general election, we at iPM are offering a new service to you called Election Questions (if you have a better title, let us know...). We tried to come up with some answers to Jean...
View ArticleElection: "should we renationalise the railways?"
Any excuse to watch this again... But there is a connection. This week, the iPM Election Question service is trying to answer this question from David Sterratt: "British Rail was cheaper for taxpayers...
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The toe bone's connected to the...
...foot bone, in case you don't remember the song. iPM is interested in hearing from you if your bones (leg or otherwise) are broken. A few weeks ago, when Britain was frozen solid, we covered stories...
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Solvent business seeks...
Figures out yesterday showed that a record number of people in England and Wales were declared personally insolvent during 2009. But it's not just individuals, more than 19,000 businesses collapsed...
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Smokers' corner
The news that the government aims to halve the number of people smoking in England by 2020 prompted listener Mo Hutchinson to write: "In the mid-70s I was admitted to hospital for 3 weeks bed-rest. As...
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iPM Election Question Service
We're offering listeners the chance to get answers to the questions they want asked ahead of the General Election. We've responded to questions on helping the long-term disabled, whether it's worth...
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Got a light?
We know it's bad. We know it kills. And yet, many people carry on smoking. iPM wanted to hear WHY. This weeks programme was, of course, inspired by a listener, Mo Hutchison. We read out her story and...
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Child friendly
"What can the government do for us? How about making children happier?" writes listener Barbara Schofield. So how about it? As part of our Election Question Service, we ask the three largest political...
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Where has 40 years of feminism got us?
We asked how feminism has influenced your life and listeners from across the generations got in touch. Three of them came into the studio. Listen to 80 year-old Ruth Atkin, 56 year-old Mary Robson and...
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Like all good things...
We've decided to close the iPM blog and post over the road on the PM blog. It just seems to make sense. We'll keep our twitter account. Please switch your bookmark to the PM blog, as the mothballs will...
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