Posts from September 2018
Boost your listeners, or find a new favourite podcast today!
It’s International Podcast Day! #InternationalPodcastDay Whether you’re a podcaster or simply a fan of podcasts, today has something to offer everyone. We all have busy lives these days, but everyone has time to take a few minutes out to listen to a podcast. The great thing about podcasts is that there is pretty much a podcast on every topic under the sun. When large corporations make radio shows, films or TV programmes, they have to appeal to the masses, but a podcaster can create a fasc
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Ryder Cup 2018 – Exciting Times for Golf Fans
Christmas comes but once a year, but for us golf fanatics, we have to wait two years for the Ryder Cup but it’s finally here and it’s set to be a great one! This is the 42nd Ryder Cup and will be held at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in Guyancourt, Paris. USA are favourites to defend the trophy, but they haven’t won when the Cup has been played out in Europe for 25 years! Who’s Playing? - The Teams Europe Thomas Bjorn (captain) Tommy Fleetwood Tyrrell Hatton Rory
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Posthumous Prince Album Set to be Truly Special
The world was stunned and saddened when the news broke that Prince has passed away in April 2016 aged just 57. With his unique style and massive following, Prince sold over 100 million albums during his career, albums that are timeless. But of course, when we lose a great music icon, we lose the chance to hear anything more from that artist. That is, unless some previously unreleased material is found and that is exactly what’s happened, giving us a brand new Prince album! Piano & A Micro
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Avast Scurvy Lubbers! Aye, ‘tis Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Shiver me timers, it’s that most ridiculous day of the year again! Get your pirate phrases at the ready and amuse (or possibly annoy) all those around you for Talk Like a Pirate Day only comes around once a year. It will certainly be a fun day here in the Speedy Reg Offices, we may even wear hats and eye patches for full effect. If you’re thinking of giving us a call, don’t worry, we’re really going to try hard to answer the phone without adding in any Aarrs! or Avasts!. However, we can’t
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Ultimate Fighting Championship Arrives in Moscow
It’s been on the cards for a long time now, and finally UFC makes its way to Moscow, Russia. This is UFC Fight Night 136 and heading up the event is Mark Hunt vs Aleksei Oleinik on Saturday September 15th at the Moscow Olympic Stadium. You may have been expecting to see Fabricio Werdum on the main card, however he has been flagged for a potential doping violation so he won’t be seen at this event. Rustam Khabilov, Krzysztof Jotko, Desmond Green and Douglas Silva de Andrade will also not be f
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Join the Fight – It’s Stand up to Cancer Day
Cancer needs to be shown who’s boss. We just don’t want it around and so it’s time to raise funds to help send cancer packing. Every year, cancer treatments get better and more lives are being saved. But there’s still a long way to go before cancer is banished forever. This all takes money, but it’s certainly money well spent, so why not get funding raising and do your bit to help kick cancer’s butt? Every single penny donated goes towards groundbreaking scientific research in the fight agai
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Celebrate the Generations – It’s Grandparents Day!
Grandparents Day is all about engaging with another generation. Whether you’re of the older generation, or you’re a young person, today is all about spending time with people, taking the time to learn more about them, about their life, perhaps discovering that you have more in common than you might think! The older generation can teach you a lot When you take the time to listen, older people can have some fascinating stories to tell. It’s easy to forget that they were young once, they’
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Get comfortable and relax with a good book
It’s Read a Book Day today so why not join in and lose yourself in a book? There’s so much entertainment out there these days, we spend our time browsing the Internet, playing video games and posting on Facebook. When it comes to TV there are so many choices, you’re never short of a series or film to watch nowadays, books seem to have been pushed out a little, but there’s something so special about reading. You can totally immerse yourself in a book, when it’s all left to your own imaginatio
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side for Wildlife Day
How did Wildlife Day begin? September 4th is Wildlife Day, a day that was first founded back in 2006, as a tribute to the late Steve Irwin who through his love and respect of all animals, brought education and fascination of the wild world to us, through our TV screens all over the world. In memory of Steve, to ensure his legacy lives on, this day is all about bringing the plight of endangered wild animals to the forefront, and also to help promote the work of animal sanctuaries worldw
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Get Set for the Italian F1 Grand Prix!
The next race on the F1 calendar is upon us, with the Italian GP at the Monza circuit. Overall, Lewis Hamilton is currently in the lead, but with his recent win at the Belgian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel is closing the gap, so it’s all still to race for! With 8 races left to go, including this one, there’s certainly no knowing quite how it’s all going to end yet. It’s definitely going to get tense over these next few races! When to watch… The start time for the Italian GP is 2:10pm UK
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