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The home on the web for writer, broadcaster and film-maker Douglas Anderson. Do have a wander around and enjoy the sights and sounds. Feel free to pop back anytime, no need to ring ahead.z
LATEST RELEASE
The Great, the Good and the Misunderstood
Many of us can think of someone we admire who is underrated or not fully recognised in their field. In this book, Douglas Anderson presents the case for the musicians, comedians, writers, social reformers and others he believes are worthy of wider respect. Much more is addressed and critiqued throughout ranging from why the best thing about football isn’t in fact the game itself to how we should all look to the Beastie Boys as inspiration before embarking on bouts of ‘serious fun’.
Thought-provoking and featuring personal memoir, The Great, the Good and the Misunderstood completes a loose trilogy. It will have you primed for further investigation into its subjects and might even prove a catalyst to re-examine the works of others you believe deserving of reappraisal.
BOOKS
Never Save a Good Idea
Douglas is a broadcaster, writer, feature film music advisor, and film-maker with over two decades experience on TV and radio. He has also worked in the real world.
Never Save a Good Idea explores how to pursue creative projects while making a living in whatever way you can (sometimes with surprisingly satisfying results).
BOOKS
Left Of The Mainstream: From DIY Film-maker To Public Service Broadcaster
Part memoir and part DIY guide to filmmaking and broadcasting. A book that is as funny as it’s insightful, as honest as it’s helpful. Musicians, film stars, directors, broadcasters and even the President of the USA, he’s met or worked with them all and they’re all in here.
FILM
Looking up
Looking Up is an experimental film serving as a meditative essay on the search for calm. Filmed in London, it’s a reminder to look up and see the beauty that’s just above us.
PODCASTS
Seven Floors Up
Seven Floors Up is a new series of music mixes via Mixcloud featuring a variety of genres while all the time interspersed with an array of audio clips. From the astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission rubbing shoulders with Boards Of Canada to the football results on the old BBC vidiprinter being married to a backdrop of 60’s instrumental psych, there’s much to get stuck in to.
PODCASTS
Stories from St Paul’s
Discover over a thousand years of history in the podcast series Douglas produces and presents for St Paul’s Cathedral. Episodes so far have explored the ghosts rumoured to walk its floors, the films it’s featured in, the many famous figures who have both visited and are buried there and much more.