Words, music and community support

The Alphabet Show is broadcast monthly on Radio Lewes, a community radio station in East Sussex. The station is funded and run by the award-winning Oyster Project Charity, which offers a range of activities to local people who have disabilities or experience significant life challenges.

At the Alphabet Show, we also like to support independent bookshops and publishers, and to promote the use of digital services that support this sector – such as Hive or Bookshop.org.

Indeed, when it comes to navigating the digital world, we are keen to publicise any ethical alternatives to the handful of ‘big tech’ companies that increasingly dominate and infiltrate our online lives. If you’re interested in that kind of stuff, you may like to check out ethical.net and Ethical Consumer.

The Alphabet Show is also an eco-conscious outfit. This website is hosted by Kualo, a web-hosting company whose operation is powered by renewable energy; the ISP used is Zen Internet, a community-minded and environmentally responsible organisation; and the gas and leccy bills at Alphabet Towers get paid to Good Energy, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy suppliers. Plus, we never forget to take out the recycling, and have even tried to darn our own socks instead of buying new ones. (But gave up in the end – some socks just need to be put out of their misery. At a clothes bank, preferably.)

We hope you like what you hear, and are encouraged to check out the artists, authors and books we flag up. If you’re a listener, author, publisher or bookshop owner, and want to get in touch, please do: mail@thealphabetshow.org.

Cheers. Stay groovy.

Theo Hooper
MD, CEO, DJ, KP
The Alphabet Show

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