School Times Online Audio

IMPORTANT: Since January 2007 School Times Audio Texts have been placed online as MP3 files. All subscribers are now able to download each month's audio articles for use with PC playback, MP3 Player playback or to create an audio CD for internal school use.

The School Times Online Audio
 Aug/Dec 2009

• When Stars Fall (5.37)
• Lost Generation (4.17)
• World Cup Warm-Up (3.57)
• The Ben Kinsella Story (5.17)
• Mike's World Challenge (3.54)
• Message in a Bottle (4.31)
• Viva Palestina (5.47)
• Brussels Backtracks (4.37)
• Looking for Eric (3.41)
• Electric Cars (3.47)
• The Gathering (3.47)

The School Times Online Audio
 Jan/April 2009

• Barack Obama (3.39)
• Birthday of a Poet (4.03)
• A Man's A Man Song (4.46)
• Angus, Thongs and Pefect Snogging (2.48)
• F.A.R.T. (3.38)
• Bloodhound SSC (3.26)
• Sorry Ireland (4.38)
• Che Guevara (5.32)
• Woodstock (4.14)
• Is Grass Only For Cows? (4.12)
• One Small Step for Man (4.09)

The School Times Online Audio
 Aug/Dec 2008

• HELLO! A Celebrity Mag (5.02)
• Violent Britain (4.42)
• The Ryder Cup (3.08)
• Bigger, Stronger, Faster (3.45)
• Space Tourism One Step Nearer (3.13)
• Captain Abu Raed (2.59)
• Armistice: November 11, 1918 (4.42)
• Change We Can Believe In? (6.14)
• The Nakba: a Palestinian Catastrophe (4.22)
• A Manned European Spacecraft? (3.28)

The School Times Online Audio
 Jan/April 2008

• A Normal Family Life? (5.12)
• Less Noise, Please! (4.15)
• The Kite Runner (3.54)
• A Clean Energy World (4.18)
• Earth Race! (3.37)
• Binge Drinking (3.34)
• The Brainiest City in Europe? (3.25)
• 1968: Tragedy and Triumph (5.16)
• High Speed Life for Old Station (4.39)
• Euro 2008 (3.31)

The School Times Online Audio
 Aug/Dec 2007

• Muslims United (4.18)
• Harry Potter's Final Adventure (3.43)
• Live Earth (3.51)
• Runaways (3.39)
• England and Scotland (4.07)
• 50 Years Since Sputnik (4.04)
• Refusing to Fight an Unjust War (4.15)
• When Games Go Bad (5.19)
• Dogs to the Rescue (3.38)
• 1.3 Billion Fans can't Be Wrong! (3.36)

The School Times Online Audio
 Jan/April 2007

• Iraq: Four Years On (5.48)
• Pole to Pole by Helicopter (3.56)
• Eragon (4.48)
• Slavery (5.33)
• Watch Your Language (5.28)
• Green Skies (3.57)
• A New Waterloo (3.42)
• Concert for Diana (4.02)
• Saving Hubble (4.10)
• The Flying Scotsman (4.15)

The School Times Audio CD & First Online Audio Texts
 Aug/Dec 2006

• United 93 (2.59)
• Supercar on Diesel (3.26)
• Striking Science (3.56)
• Summer School in Theatreland (2.47)
• When I'm Sixty Four (5.36)
• Nuclear Disaster: 20 Years On (4.21)
• The Ashes (3.11)
• The Queen at 80 (3.47)
• Winter Tomatoes (3.37)
• The Solar System Just Got Bigger (2.57)

The School Times Audio CD
 Jan/April 2006

• Burns Night (4.26)
• Burns Interview (7.30)
• Winter Olympics 2006 (4.09)
• East Coast/West Coast (6.20)
• Easy Rider (2.51)
• The Gift of God (4.57)
• Church Boss Who Speaks His Mind (4.11)
• World Cup 2006 (4.15)
• One Hundred Years of Rolls-Royce (3.14)
• Leading Lady: the Story of Eleanor Thornton (3.26)

The School Times Audio CD
 August/December 2005

The School Times Audio CD
 January/April 2005

The School Times Audio CD
 August/December 2004

The School Times Audio CD
 January/April 2004

• Tony Hawk: a Skateboarding Legend (4.47)
• Child of Courage (2.16)
• Keiko: Free at Last (3.45)
• From Cat Stevens to Yusuf Islam (4.03)
• Who Will Win The X Prize? (3.02)
• Private Submarine (3.06)
• Deep Sea Diver (3.25)
• Three Young Stars (3.57)
• World Solar Challenge (3.09)
• Stonehenge: Returning to Silence (2.46)

The School Times Audio CD
 August/December 2003

• 100 Years of Flight (5.34)
• Space Rescue (3.51)
• Walking by Loch Ness (2.00)
• Song: Kelvin Grove, trad. arranged by Bluevale (7.10)
• Montoya: the Latin Lion (3.19)
• Melanie Chisholm: Less Spice, More Taste (3.22)
• Rugby World Cup 2003 (2.59)
• Children and Bullying (6.16)
• Future Car Today (2.14)
• Mars Armada (5.14)
• Robot for the Home (2.51)

The School Times Audio CD
January/April 2003

• Ms Dynamite (4.13)
• The Last Men On The Moon (4.56)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (4.06)
• Green Power from Greenhouse Gas (3.23)
• Eco Windmill (2.42)
• Cannabis: A Safe Drug? (7.02)
• Northern Irish Peace in Danger (5.52)
• The Super Car with A Very Light Touch (2.26)
• The Poverty Trap (2.36)
• From Football to Fashion (2.32)

The School Times Audio Tape / Audio CD
 August/December 2002

The School Times Audio Tape / Audio CD
January/April 2002

The School Times Audio Tape / Audio CD
 August/December 2001

• Pearl Harbor (4.32)
• The New Mini (3.41) 
• Jennifer Capriati: The Comeback Kid (4.17)
• Global Protest (5.10)
• Britney Spears (2.21)
• Internet Teenager (3.07)
• Interview: Animal Trainer Kirsten Hansen *
• (4.52)Illegal Drugs For Everyone? (4.46)
• By Rail To The Future (3.38)
• Interview: Musician Mark Penner * (5.16)

• U2: An Irish Legend (3.40)
• Global Warming (4.36)
• Laurel and Hardy (part 1) * (3.06)
• Laurel and Hardy (part 2) * (2.48)
• Billy Elliot (5.06)
• The A380: A Super Jumbo (3.39)
• James Herriot Centre * (4.47)
• Internet Village (2.37)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey? (3.27)
• Jodrell Bank * (6.05)

* = live interview text

The School Times Audio Tape / Audio CD
August/December 2000

• The Queen Mother's Royal Century / 7.48
• Breaking the Codes (part 1) * / 5.53
• Breaking the Codes (part 2) * / 4.58
• The Euro / 3.56
• F1 Driver David Coulthard * / 6.08
• Sellafield: Britain's Nuclear Shame / 4.12
• The Kilt and Scottish National Identity * / 5.09
• David Beckham / 4.12
• Kings College Cambridge * / 7.37

* = live interview text

The School Times Audio Tape
January/April 2000

• Ireland: building the peace / 9.20
• Greenwich Observatory * / 7.28
• Sharleen Spiteri: a Scottish-Italian from Texas / 3.19
• RSPCA Animal Centre * / 8.50
• Leading Lady:the Spirit of Ecstasy / 3.02
• Eurosport * / 6.51
• Hovercraft * / 5.13
• London Marathon 2000 / 3.23
• War Memorial * / 6.46

* = live interview text

The School Times Audio Tape
August/December 1999

• Edward and Sophie / 3.04
• Star Wars Star / 4.24
• Interview with the NSPCC * / 6.49
• United / 3.34
• Interview with Friends of the Earth * / 5.37
• Life in Euroland / 4.40
• Britain’s Canals / 3.50
• Interview at St Giles Cathedral * / 3.50
• CargoLifter / 3.24
• Auld Lang Syne * / 5.55

* = live interview text

The School Times Audio Tape
January/April 1999

• Alanis Morissette /
• The X Prize /
• Bullied Children Tell of their School Hell /
• Man Behaving Badly /
• Sitting on a Goldmine /
• Pregnant in the Classroom /
• Eclipse /
• Rugby World Cup /

The School Times Audio Tape
August/December 1998

• Northern Ireland's Vote for Peace / 6.30
• Armageddon / 3.35
• All Saints - the New Spice Girls? / 2.43
• Mika Hakkinen - the 'Flying Finn' / 3.50
• Weather Change / 4.30
• Godspeed, John Glenn! / 4.30
• Rolls Royce - the Most famous Car in the World / 4.20
• Parents, Children & Alcohol / 4.00
• European Money / 4.30

The School Times Audio Tape
January/April 1998

• Backstreet Boys / 4.30
• Titanic's Sister / 4.30
• Spice World / 3.00
• Keepers of the Light / 4.25
• The Drug Problem / 3.50
• One Man and His Dog / 3.20
• James Earl Ray / 8.20
• France '98 / 3.55

The School Times Audio Tape
August/December 1997

• Just Call Me Tony / 4.08
• Sarah's Childhood Dream / 3.05
• Nelson Mandela / 3.40
• Buddy Holly / 4.18
• Sputnik / 4.10
• Jacques Cousteau / 3.38
• Rescue / 3.55
• Hindenburg / 4.10
• France 98 / 4.00

The School Times Audio Tape
January/April 1997

• Martin Luther King Jr. / 8.40
• Gun Ban / 3.25
• The Most Expensive Footballer in History / 3.10
• Europe in Space / 4.40
• Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney / 5.00
• Let the People Decide / 3.10
• Models / 3.15
• Telephone Box / 3.30

The School Times Audio Tape
August/December 1996

• Northern Ireland / 2.40
• Germany Win Euro 96 / 4.50
• Global Challenge / 5.58
• Damon Hill / 4.30
• Winnie-the-Pooh / 5.55
• Sting / 5.48
• History for Sale - Jacqueline Kennedy / 6.26
• Concorde / 5.00

The School Times Audio Tape
January/April 1996

• Michael Jackson Health Scare / 2.47
• World Land-Speed Record / 2.57
• Jupiter at Last / 2.58
• James Herriot / 2.40
• Willy Finds a New Home / 2.55
• Michael Bolton / 3.03
• Born to be King / 2.54
• Nuclear Power / 4.27
• Euro 96 / 4.20