Great North Running Tunes

Josh celebrates the world's biggest half marathon with a Northern music themed episode!

The 1980 album Billy Joel wanted to destroy his reputation: “Why not?”

When Billy Joel set out to make this 1980 album, he did so with the intention of ruining his reputation... or should we say..

How Arctic Monkeys producer James Ford overcame cancer to make uplifting solo album

While undergoing cancer treatment, the celebrated Arctic Monkeys producer James Ford made music from a hospital bed between ...
The Caledonian Record

Monkeys hunt animals like lizards and snakes when fruit scarce

Adult male capuchin feeding on bird prey. (Luciano Candisani, CC-BY 4.0 via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Monkeys hunt for meat — including snakes and lizards — when fruit and vegetables are scarce, reveals ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Do Monkeys Keep Pets? Study Finds Widespread Primate Interactions With Other Animal Species, From Mice to Deer

A tufted gray langur strokes a grizzled giant squirrel in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Senthi Aathavan Senthilverl via Grueter et al., Primates, 2025, under CC BY 4.0 When a mouse wandered into the ...
The Guardian

After Hormuz, China looks to the promise – and peril – of the Arctic’s ‘ice silk road’

China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks When Marco Rubio suggested that the world should look ...