https://richhillonline.co.uk/ Commentary, projects and musings from Rich Hill en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 10:29:21 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/the-dial-is-the-doorway-seven-days-inside-local-bbc-radio/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/the-dial-is-the-doorway-seven-days-inside-local-bbc-radio/ Seven days with only local BBC radio, no national stations and no skipping. The week brought pothole phone-ins, farm reports, obituaries, traffic bulletins and a surprising amount of comfort. It was also a clear-eyed look at community, loneliness and what disappears when regional broadcasting shrinks in 2026. Rich Hill Online Television Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:46:32 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/pasting-tables-and-pocket-change-a-month-at-the-car-boot-sale/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/pasting-tables-and-pocket-change-a-month-at-the-car-boot-sale/ Four Sundays, one muddy field and a thermos: I treated the local car boot sale as a proper field experiment. What I found was haggling as theatre, regulars with alliances, bizarre finds and a set of unwritten rules. In 2026, this gloriously unscripted Sunday ritual deserves to be treated as a British cultural institution. Rich Hill Online Local Life Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:46:32 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/fiver-before-lunch-saturday-morning-cinema-2026/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/fiver-before-lunch-saturday-morning-cinema-2026/ Cinema hasn't lost its magic; it's lost its casualness. A cheap Saturday morning screening could be the easiest win in town — for families, night-shift workers and anyone who misses seeing a film without checking their bank balance. Rich Hill Online Film Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:48:38 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/quizmasters-alibi-pub-quiz-night-2026/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/quizmasters-alibi-pub-quiz-night-2026/ A good pub quiz isn't a test — it's a room full of people arguing happily about the name of a dog from a 1990s advert. Here's how I'd run one in 2026 without turning it into a Google race. Rich Hill Online Local Life Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:48:38 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/seven-days-1999-web-guestbook-experiment/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/seven-days-1999-web-guestbook-experiment/ For one week I stripped my personal site back to hand-written HTML, a hit counter and a guestbook that actually worked. It was meant to be a bit of nostalgia. It turned into the most useful audit of how I use the internet that I've done in years. Rich Hill Online Projects Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:48:48 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/fiver-night-out-defence-village-hall/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/fiver-night-out-defence-village-hall/ Tickets for under a tenner, a raffle with a meat voucher as the top prize, and a PA that came out of somebody's loft. Village halls and community centres are quietly putting on the most interesting nights out in Britain right now — and I think we should stop treating them like a last resort. Rich Hill Online Local Life Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:48:48 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/month-free-uk-streaming-apps-what-i-learned/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/month-free-uk-streaming-apps-what-i-learned/ I spent October 2026 watching only free UK streaming apps — BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4, My5 and friends. Here's what I found, from buried gems to ad-break revelations, and whether free telly is secretly better than we admit. Rich Hill Online Projects Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:49:09 GMT https://richhillonline.co.uk/panel-show-best-kept-secret-2026-revival/ https://richhillonline.co.uk/panel-show-best-kept-secret-2026-revival/ Streaming keeps chasing the next big thing, but the British panel show quietly does something better: it lets funny people be funny. Here's why the format deserves a proper 2026 revival — and which moments prove it still works. Rich Hill Online Television Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:49:09 GMT