Went into a zen-like state last night waiting for the boy to finish work, sitting on the sofa, eyes closed, listening to old podcasts of In Our Time (Simon Bolivar, followed by Vitalism).
Wondrous programme where brainiac Cumbrian and all round Renaissance man Melvin Bragg sits around a table with a bunch of crusty academics and ponders matters of cultural, scientific or historic import. The academics ramble, forgetting where they are, Braggy interrupts, mumbles and goes off on tangents, and lots of interesting information is imparted. Bit like gatecrashing a rather random and ponderous undergrad lecture series. God bless BBC Radio 4, one of the things I missed most when living abroad.
Although this one on the number zero nearly blew my mind: even after two goes, still couldn’t understand a flippin’ word of it!
