Ambridge comes to The Stow

  Now, I’ve been listening on and off to The Archers since I randomly caught it and Radio 4 when I was at university. The story lines included David Archer and drippy Sophie, and Elizabeth and Nelson Gabriel and an abortion, as I recall. I wait on tenterhooks for...

Dear Woman’s Hour, I’d like someone to invent…

. ..a robot to replace me:   That can pick up a sick child up from school and care for her. That can effectively support the Boywonder in his final year at school including researching university options and helping him find guests for Politics Society. That can...

Diwali makes me sad

  Happy Diwali! I always feel a little maudlin at this time of year. When I was a child my sociable parents often had friends round for coconut pastries and about 12 fireworks in the garden. We always worried that my dad would not be able to light them,...