Never ever for the n-word?

 We’ve touched on this before on WHYS. And it’s bobbed its head up again today: the so-called  ”n-word”.

A US congresswoman has apologised for using it — even though she was just repeating verbatim what someone else had said.  In apologising, Carolyn Maloney says: “I repeated a word that should never be repeated”.

WHYS goes to Italy

Italy is never short of a good story, which is why on Wednesday and Thursday WHYS is decamping to the northern Italian city of Milan, where there are three hot talking points at the moment all jostling to make into into two programmes. Tell us which you’d like to talk about.

On air: Is it time to re-evaluate what ‘old’ means?

Fifty-nine year old Tom Watson became the hero of many fifty- and nearly sixty-year olds on the weekend when, at just a whisker away from retirement age, he nearly took one of the most prestigious titles in the sporting calendar – the British Golf Open.

The age of age

“ i want to be forgotten – remember the others “

This is a picture of the late Henry Allingham, who passed away this weekend at the age of 113.

His life spanned three centuries, he fought bravely in the First World War and educated children about the horrors of war.

As this  article points out, “it’s getting crowded in the 100 year old’s club”. – 6 million worldwide by the middle of the century.

On Air: Do we need another giant leap ?

40 years ago this week and man – in the shape of Neil Armstrong at first – walked on the moon for the first time.

At the time , it seemed like everything was possible.

Has Iran been changed forever ?

The former Iranian President – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (right) has used a sermon at Friday prayers to re-open the debate about last month’s presidential election.

A WHYS watchdog ?

When we started WHYS we were determined that we should be open and transparent.

As willing to acknowledge our mistakes as well as celebrate our achievements.   

A programme that was shaped by the community around it, a courteous forum where people around the world could converse.

On air: Are you confused about swine flu ?

It’s “unstoppable” says the WHO, and could be the biggest pandemic ever. 

As of last week, there  are around 95 thousand confirmed cases worldwide , and 433 deaths.

Here’s the latest advice on the first flu pandemic for 40 years.

We seem to have veered from panic, to acceptance, to signs of panic again .

So what is going on ?

40 thousand people a week in Britain alone are contacting their doctors fearing they may have it.

The world’s oldest mother has died

A Spanish woman who became the world’s oldest new mother when she gave birth in 2006 to twin boys at the age of 66 has died. Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, passed away on Saturday at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.

Would you rather die than lose your partner ?

Conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan had been together 54 years when they decided to end their lives together.

He was 85 and losing his sight and hearing.

 She was 74 and terminally ill. They died – that is, committed suicide -  at Dignitas, in Switzerland.