Dave Fanning

Built in 1927, The Barbizon Hotel was first intended as a home for women who came to New York seeking a career in the arts. It quickly became the place to stay for ambitious independent women like Grace Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Sylvia Plath. Author, Paulina Bren chats to Dave about her new book, 'The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free'!

The Suez Canal boat drew a penis before it started a traffic jam, an NFT house is bought for $500,000 and someone got their last paycheque in 90,000 oily pennies! It's Anton's stories of the week!

The college admissions scandal in the United States, which hit world headlines back in 2019, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary called 'Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal'. Director, Chris Smith chats to Dave about how he reconstructed these events for the small screen!

Mark Berry AKA Bez is probably best known for being the percussionist and dancer for Madchester era band, Happy Mondays. But over the years he has tried his hand at everything and anything from winning Celebrity Big Brother to running in the UK General Election. Dave chats to him about his latest venture, The Bez Racing Club!

The new season of Line of Duty premiered to over 10 million people last week! But there have been so many cop shows of every type imaginable over the years so why are we still obsessed with them? Tara Brady joins Dave to chat about why we are so intrigued by police dramas!

Michelin Chef, Joyce Timmins was hired as the Executive Chef in The Rotunda where she achieved the impossible by making hospital food that was fresh, nutritious and actually appealing! She chats to Dave about the advantages of providing wholesome food to patients!

Author, Catherine Ryan Howard usually spends her time penning Crime novels but during lockdown she fell down a LEGO rabbit hole and she's on the line to tell Dave all about it!

Film Journalist with The Independent, Paul Whitington chats to Dave about new films to watch on the small screen, including 'Ammonite', 'Banksy Most Wanted' and 'Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal'!

Will recent TikTok references in lyrics age as poorly as past references to pagers, SEGA videogames and MSN Messages? Dave chats to DJ and Broadcaster, Conor Behan about the most outdated tech references in lyrics!

Anton regales Dave with his eclectic mix of stories from the week that was.