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notes from the present and the past

Land of Dopes
March 20, 2021
Heading North with Beatrix Potter, who wrote fantasies, while dwelling on the Brexiteers, who believe in them.

ramp access all areas
March 20, 2021
most presenters are pond-life. This one has special requirements that make her more interesting than the standard single-celled variety.

Sound Advice
March 20, 2021
BBC 4 listeners frequently angered by the uproar of butterflies in the soundtrack.

It’s a deja-vu thing
March 20, 2021
Making a celebrity piece about the seventies, have come to realise how rough they were. Europe and the IMF kept us afloat. And then it was now.


About a Boy
March 20, 2021
Called on by BBC2 to help Boy George remember his seventies childhood. If you recall them, you weren’t there.