Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. Contact Calum, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. So no, nerves are good, [they] keep you on your toes. He has hosted events for News UK, including a live broadcast afternoon interviewing Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne around the launch of TalkTV. As Group Digital Editor for four years, he brought strict standards of courtesy and fairness to the online forum, never shrinking from enforcing them but always taking the time to explain to users who had infringed the rules, why their behaviour was unacceptable. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. 'Words and Music in Late Shostakovich' in C. Norris (ed). If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. Copyright 2023 JLA. Spreading ideas, passions and new ways of thinking about media. Its the heyday of Scottish journalism, and the young sports writer is in his element. So, it can be anywhere. CALUM Macdonald is hoping to work for BBC radio after graduating from the University of Edinburgh next year. The Early Breakfast Club is The Times most exclusive members club. Thats commitment. Biography [ edit] MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. One presenter once told me the day you dont get nervous is the day you should quit, because youve stopped caring enough about the programme. During the frenzy of election or referendum night, and during big breaking news stories, such as 9/11 or the invasion of Iraq, Calum was always to be found sitting at the newsdesk, the calm at the eye of the storm, relaxed but entirely in control, coordinating teams of writers and reporters; for them, Calum was a thoroughly dependable colleague who inspired confidence. I play the accordion. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. Having been on both sides of the conversation, Calum had plenty of advice for Edinburgh students looking to break into the world of radio. He wrote several books, notably volumes on Brahms, Schoenberg, John Foulds, Edgard Varse, the Scottish composer-pianist Ronald Stevenson[2] and a three-volume study of the 32 symphonies of Havergal Brian. While inside, the gangster - still clearly alive - dropped his trousers to show he had not been stabbed or shot. However, he would definitely have approved of something which offered real work opportunities to journalists, especially the younger generation wholl miss out on the sort of workplace training readily on offer to him (and his son). He lived in England from 1971 until his death, first in London and from 1992 in Gloucestershire. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. He began his journalism career in 1999 at the Lennox Herald, where then editor Bill Heaney gave him work experience. He contributed chapters to symposia on Brahms, Alan Bush, Erik Bergman, Shostakovich, Bernard Stevens, Ronald Stevenson, Varse, an essay on Czesaw Marek to a symposium on Swiss Composers, and another on Scottish composers to a symposium on musical nationalism in Great Britain and Finland. Because youve kept in touch with these people, and demonstrated a bit of what you can do, then they can kind of point you in the right direction when opportunities are going to be coming up.. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. One time I slept in and missed Early Breakfast. More recently, his involvement in an investigation exposing the immigration scams behind bogus colleges helped force a tightening of legislation by Westminster. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Despite a newspaper round into his mid-teens, the legal profession, rather than journalism, appeared to be Macdonald's chosen path and he began a law degree at Aberdeen in 1994. And still a pencil lover. I'm not saying it's not me. Theatre and books were lasting passions, his favourite authors being John Irving, Iain Banks, William Boyd and Ian Rankin. Me, hopefully. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Born in Dumbarton in April, 1976, Calum was dux of Keil School before going to Aberdeen. Previously at the BBC, he has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to spies and protestors. I think Radio 1s doing this really well, its really advanced its performance online. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. Calum MacDonald Profiles | Facebook People named Calum MacDonald Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Editors' Code of Practice. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. All start from a belief that much of the modern digital audience is regularly switched off by the mainstream media agenda of disaster, conflict, political knockabout, and celebrity clickbait. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. I also pop up across the rest of the schedule if other people are taking holidays. That and it lets me filter out my blemishes to entirely mislead the world on Instagram. Calum Macdonald Verified Presenter, Early Breakfast, Times Radio London Arts and Entertainment, Sports, United Kingdom As seen in: Times Radio, BBC, The Times @timesradio Breakfast 6-10am, Fri-Sun | @whitehallsource podcast | Proudly Member # 1, Times Radio Early Breakfast Club (2020-22) /hello@calumam.com / Articles Search The sports writer has died (at the good age of 85) and the son finds himself like so many others too old/expensive for a legacy print industry which is in spiralling decline, collectively bemused by the digital revolution. Macdonald proved the word had existed for centuries, then called upon an academic to comment, whereupon the Today presenter was described as a "blethering skite". Tell us something not many people know about you? With the constant bombardment of reports on the bleak job prospects of our generation, a career in the world of journalism and broadcasting seems especially elusive. Scots, famously, consume more papers per capita than any other country in the world and the revenue swilling around the system means lavish staffing, with equally lavish salaries and expenses for employees. May 7, 1956 - Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. So it seems entirely proper that Positively Scottish launches thanks to a legacy created by part of my share of his will. I think as well, enjoying it, if it feels like a total task and youre just having to drag yourself through your programme every week, if thats not enjoyable then sack it and do something that you actually want to do. View the profiles of professionals named "Calum Macdonald" on LinkedIn. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. In 1996 he edited for performance, and orchestrated the final portions of, the ballet Soires de Barcelone by Roberto Gerhard, which was broadcast that year, performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, in a concert to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC Third Programme. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. During the frenzy of election or referendum night, and during big breaking news stories, such as 9/11 or the invasion of Iraq, Calum was always to be found sitting at the newsdesk, the calm at the eye of the storm, relaxed but entirely in control, coordinating teams of writers and reporters; for them, Calum was a thoroughly dependable colleague who inspired confidence. He was a first class editor, with a particular knack for coming up with the perfect introduction. He's had more exclusives than I've had school dinners. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. Calum loved being at the middle of a breaking story but not, like some reporters, at the scene of the action he preferred to be back in the office, coordinating the coverage, bringing to bear his considerable flair for logistics. Registered in England No 81701 Hes had more exclusives than Ive had school dinners. "I took a simple little theme and developed it": Shostakovich's string concertos and sonatas' in Pauline Fairclough and David Fanning (eds), 'Sense and Sound: Gerhard's Fourth Symphony' (, 'Visionary and Craftsman: Scriabin and Enescu' (, 'Visionary Ecstasy: Szymanowski's Third Symphony' (, 'Unreconciled Spirit: Franz Liszt 100 Years On' (, 'Sombre Tragedy: Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Symphonies' (, 'John Foulds (18801939). More funding will mean more journalism, more readers, and more work opportunities. Thanks Dad: back to the future for a positive Scottish media alternative. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. Radios intimate, it just is. Introduction Our Mission Our Responsible Media Charter . Weve no plans for an office: us old hacks know that you find real stories by meeting people in the community, not churning endless press releases at your keyboard. He was editor of the modern-music journal Tempo, which he joined in 1972 as assistant to the then editor David Drew, until December 2013, and was a copious contributor to other English-language music-journals and magazines. He also found a home for his pedantry by becoming a part-time sub-editor with both The Herald and Sunday Herald, where he would quietly confess to re-evaluating colleagues' work. I am LIVE on the radio from my actual HOME in the Western Isles this morning 7am-10am on Times Radio! Atishoo! Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. They read the next one together before Mhairi started reading them herself. Terms & Conditions | Cookies | Contact Us. Which is where the son, with a bit of help from his Dad, starts afresh. This byline is for a different person with the same name. In 1990, the confident young man of ability was encouraged to apply to The Herald by the papers then education correspondent, Barclay McBain (now executive editor), who had met him during a press trip to West Germany. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. A slightly different piece in your inbox this morning. Theres no other station that is set up primarily to target those students, and so its in a really good position to do that. And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. Recently, we were able to dish out hundreds of face masks to our most loyal members just doing our bit to maintain PPE supplies across the nation, and around the world in fact. 37 talking about this. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . Lame, sorry, I know. Calums mother Elizabeth (nee Mitchell), a graduate in maths and moral philosophy at Aberdeen University, was a school teacher before having a family. He also regularly appears on TV and in print in The Times, and his home paper the Stornoway Gazette. I get up exceptionally early (3:10am), present Early Breakfast to get you briefed on the mornings news, business and sport headlines. One time I presented four programmes in two days. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. He did this alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. Calum won, appropriately enough, with ineluctably. Student media thrives at Edinburgh, and he believes that his time here contributed to his success so far. Please list all speakers/performers in whom you are interested, plus budget, venue and event dates. His most recent venture, Positively Scottish, grew out of a desire to counter what he felt was a disappointing excess of negativity in Scottish news journalism. I love speaking to people. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. Its growth will be linked to funding received all new money will be re-invested in more stories. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Contact JLA for more suggestions +44 (0)20 7907 2800. Calum, whose father and grandfather were also both journalists, joined The Herald in 1990 from the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, as a news reporter and, as group news editor, was in charge of the newsdesk both 9/11 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. What course are you studying? Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. He joined the station from its launch and now presents the breakfast show, as well as programmes across the network. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. Please tick this box if you would like to receive these emails. I think it can be a subconscious Im listening and doing other stuff; I think with things like YouTube you need to actively sit and concentrate Good luck watching a YouTube video not falling off your bike. For other people named Malcolm MacDonald, see, "Ronald Stevenson, composer-pianist: an exegetical critique from a pianistic perspective", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_MacDonald_(music_critic)&oldid=1088686774, People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Somehow, you never quite believe people will actually want to be part of the programme, but there you've been, every day at 5am. Former Journalist at Newsquest 1990 - 2015 College Studied Psychology and English Literature at University of Aberdeen Class of 1983 High school Went to Aberdeen Grammar School Class of 1979 Photos See all photos Others Named Calum Macdonald Calum Macdonald Calum MacDonald Calum Macdonald Calum Macdonald See more Others With a Similar Name This article is about the British music critic and author. What career advice would you give your younger self? Because of the lockdown-rule-busting affair he had last year. Drop by, say hello in the comments and This is day two. He's covered programmes on Afghanistan, the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and has interviewed interesting people from all walks of life including cabinet ministers and senior politicians, spies, war reporters and protestors. 66 talking about this. And why? He died at Leckhampton Hospice.[1]. We are lucky at The Herald. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Wholl write the articles? I restart the day at about 10:30am. He has integrity, hes made history, and I firmly believe his journalism has changed the world locally where my family live, and throughout Scotland. Life path number 2 December 12, 1812 - John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872). Calum is a young, emerging broadcaster who's worked for BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 5 Live. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. 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