UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will today unveil a memorial to casualties of war often ignored by the general public: reporters, journalists, photographers and their attendant translators killed whilst working. The memorial, a glass and steel cone atop the new wing of Broadcasting House in Portland Place, will shine a beacon of light into the sky at 10pm every evening. The International News Safety Institute estimates that two reporters are killed each week. Despite the......

So this week, we spent all our money on cold remedies and extra balmy tissues for our beleaguered noses. The plan is to be back and fighting fit by Monday so here are some of the things we could all get up to this week for very little wonga. Monday: Call the BBC Ticket Line on 0870 901 1227 and get free tickets for the recording of Clare in the Community - the radio......

This Day In London’s History 1924: The Greenwich Time Signal pips are broadcast on BBC Radio for the first time. This one is quite pleasingly geeky. Shortly after the formation of the BBC in 1922, it was suggested that it might be a nice idea to broadcast a time signal “under direct control of the Greenwich Observatory”. No-one did much about the idea for a couple of years, until John Reith (general manager of......

Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's stunning portrayal of journalist Ed Murrow banging heads with Senator Joseph McCarthy opens on Friday (we'll be reviewing it tomorrow - short version: give it all the damn Oscars) which is great timing as Murrow has just been given his own blue plaque. It is mentioned briefly in the movie that Murrow broadcast from London during the Blitz, but the more you read about this enigmatic figure......

Today's Media Guardian carries a nicely detailed article on the redevelopment of Broadcasting House. As with most architectural projects in the capital the BBC's plans have been beset with problems right from the start, with the latest stories in May claiming that the whole thing was 11 months behind schedule and £7m over budget. However, chief operating officer John Smith is now promising that the project will come in under budget by about £8m......