I was sad to hear today’s news about Andy Kershaw.
When I was a teenage broadcaster on BBC local radio in the 1980s, Andy’s Radio 1 show was a huge influence on the music I played.
In 2013 Leigh Folk Festival invited me to interview Andy for this short film.
youtu.be/Z9HBmVvGTGE
🇨🇺 Havana, 1993
The first time I visited Cuba. I went back in 2005.
‘What do you do?’
Why having a unifier helps when you’re multidimensional
www.iansanders.com/blog/what-do...
There was a great column in @ftweekend.com recently on the power of poetry in times of crisis.
So I googled it to find the link.
No, not 🐓 🐓
🤦🏻♂️
That’s good to know Ian. I’m pleased to hear it’s been a bonus for you. It’s definitely helped me too.
I’ve started a new Instagram page, Still Here, Still Me, where I’m posting honest reflections on what life is teaching me through my cancer journey. 👇🏻
www.instagram.com/reel/DTAbLZx...
A quote to end 2025.
I've been aware for a while of the work by faith and other community groups to support people seeking asylum. So I asked the @refugeecouncil.bsky.social where there was really vigorous community support. They said Northallerton. Here's what I found when I went there: as.ft.com/r/b3449fbd-3...
@ftedit.ft.com I’m not getting access to my FT Edit stories this morning. When I click on a story it says ‘this article is not included in your membership.’
I tried signing out and signing back in to my account but get the same issue.
Thanks Ian Sanders (!) - that’s good of you 👊🏻
Ha, thanks Ian. Currently wrangling ‘pelvic radiation’ side effects but doing okay. Waving from around the coast in Leigh-on-Sea 👋🏻
It’s looking magical out on the mudflats
How do you bring more of You into how you lead?
In ‘How To Lead as Yourself: insider knowledge from the c-suite’, three senior leaders share candid insights on how they bring authenticity into their leadership.
Check out the insights:
www.iansanders.com/blog/how-to-...
'Lard - 4 for 50p'
Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies
‘Reading is not only for the joy of literature, and decompression — but can also make CEOs better at their jobs.’
I enjoyed this @financialtimes.com column by Emma Jacobs on the benefits of reading fiction.
on.ft.com/49ovEBO
Sunday
Thursday
I guess being okay and not okay - and feeling that at the same time - is what it means to be human. We probably all feel that from time to time.
It's a life lesson that's heightened since my cancer diagnosis. And that was the biggest lesson I learned last year: living with that duality.
Ah thanks Ian - very kind of you mate
Why nothing beats pen & paper for my creativity, reflection and getting things done
www.iansanders.com/blog/why-not...
‘When we put our heads above the parapet and say how we really feel, beautiful things can happen.’
From my 2025 Do Lecture
I was invited to talk about what I’d learned since my cancer diagnosis.
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
Can you remember what you learned in your very first job?
Here are five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ in a TV company, that have stayed with me for the last three decades.
www.iansanders.com/blog/five-ca...
Grateful for the late September sunshine
My grandfather Vincent Sanders played in a band - here’s his diary from 1939 with bookings in it
“I don’t feel guilty, I celebrate it.”
I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently.
www.iansanders.com/blog/i-dont-...
This is for anyone learning to navigate change, struggle, or uncertainty—and still choosing to show up with hope.
Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad
www.iansanders.com/blog/riding-...
At the same time I was co-presenting a weekly music radio show for BBC Essex. And when Flaco played our local boozer The Grand in Leigh-on-Sea, I interviewed him for the show.
I also played his single on my show that week - here’s the track listing for that show.
#flacojimenez
Fond memories of meeting Flaco in Leigh-on-Sea in the ‘80s!
In 1987, when I was 18, I had a couple of part time jobs. I worked for the owner of Waterfront Records who had just released a 7” from Tex Mex accordion virtuoso Flaco Jiménez and brought him over from Texas for a few gigs.
