A few weeks ago, I had to throw away my trusty portable radio, which accompanied me on many commuting trips to work. Since then I've been listening to my minidisc player (either music copied from CD or the previous days radio such as the Mark Radcliffe Show on Radio 2 and Radio 4 or BBC7 comedies).
Yesterday, Emma managed to find a pocket radio in one of the 'pound shops' in Coventry. The city has a wide selection of these places, from the ubiquitous Poundland and Home & Bargain shops to the 99p shop and I believe there is now a 95p shop. Out of all of these, the 99p shop is probably our favourite. Mainly because it occasionally stocks boxes of fig rolls and arabic imitation oreos.
Anyway, back to the radio. It only has 3 buttons - 'reset' and 'scan' to control the tuning and and a button to operate the weak and feeble built in torch. But it also came with headphones. The sound quality is acceptable and it's good value for £1 (although I did have to provide my own batteries!).