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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

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Episode 3: The Earl Grey Whistle Test: The Writer's Wardrobe

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The Earl Grey Whistle Test: The Writer's Wardrobe

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Music journalist David Hepworth discusses the dress code for the creative homeworker.

Reflecting on his near-40 years spent working as a music journalist, David Hepworth discusses the dress code for the creative homeworker.

In a week of Essays, David Hepworth and Mark Ellen reflect on their nearly 40-year partnership as music journalists and TV presenters and what they've learned along the way. On the legendary BBC music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and on numerous magazines from Smash Hits in the 1980s to Q to The Word Hepworth and Ellen worked so closely together that they still get mistaken for each other.

Today, The Writer's Wardrobe - David Hepworth on the dress code for the creative homeworker.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Music journalists David Hepworth and Mark Ellen reflect on their long partnership

Music journalists David Hepworth and Mark Ellen reflect on their long partnership. In their careers, they have worked on the TV show the Old Grey Whistle Test and on magazines such as Smash Hits and Q

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