by Andrew Simms | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog
BORDERLAND by New Weather’s Sarah Woods has won the Tinniswood Award, for best original radio drama script of 2017. The prize was presented by author Philip Pullman, and Sarah gave thanks to the people and organisations she worked with on the struggles of those forced...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog, Weather Bombs
Behind the freezing weather that makes some wish for a warmer world, writes Bill McGuire, there is a climate in upheaval… As Britain faces its own bleak midwinter, the brutal cold snap that recently gripped much of North America has once again brought the...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog
The refugee drama, Borderland, set in a near future Britain divided by borders, written by New Weather’s Sarah Woods, has been shortlisted for The Tinniswood Award, the UK’s leading prize for radio broadcasts. The Award, set up by the Society of Authors and Writers’...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather took part. For most the projection is ‘gloomy’. But, these are our responses to their questions on everything from growth to Brexit,...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, Creative Thinking
The magician’s house, by Jan Dean, a chilly hearth-side story for the world we live in about a promise, begins a new, monthly feature from our project on modern folk tales for troubling times The magician’s house was first published in our collection of tales...