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Simon Mayo
Presenter
(not sure that entirely works really)
I'm not an expert on Essex by any means but the drive there is not the prettiest. There might be a scenic route from here to there but we are certainly not taking it. So eyes down and concentrate on the blog, it's more beautiful here. Another school awaits at the end of the line, the last of the year, a few more eager students to talk to and - my favourite - a headteacher who listened to me when she/he was at university. Ho hum.
Tonight we welcome Jennifer Saunders to the show. Erstwhile Radio 2 colleague, writer, actor and comedy star has written Bonkers, a memoir. Very funny it is too with loads of AbFab, French and Saunders and gymkhana stories (she's an ambassador for British Showjumping as you might not know). Even though she once called me Simon Bates, she's very welcome.
And oldies please for the 100th anniversary this week of the CROSSWORD. Arthur Wynne from Liverpool published what is considered the first one in December 1913 in the New York World paper. It became a regular feature and spread from there. Cryptic or Quick, I don't think I've ever managed to finish one; maybe Shoot magazine had one that I completed once but I wouldn't bet on it. Crossword oldies is far easier.
Have a harmonious and well-judged Wednesday, see you after 5.
I'm not an expert on Essex by any means but the drive there is not the prettiest. There might be a scenic route from here to there but we are certainly not taking it. So eyes down and concentrate on the blog, it's more beautiful here. Another school awaits at the end of the line, the last of the year, a few more eager students to talk to and - my favourite - a headteacher who listened to me when she/he was at university. Ho hum.
Tonight we welcome Jennifer Saunders to the show. Erstwhile Radio 2 colleague, writer, actor and comedy star has written Bonkers, a memoir. Very funny it is too with loads of AbFab, French and Saunders and gymkhana stories (she's an ambassador for British Showjumping as you might not know). Even though she once called me Simon Bates, she's very welcome.
And oldies please for the 100th anniversary this week of the CROSSWORD. Arthur Wynne from Liverpool published what is considered the first one in December 1913 in the New York World paper. It became a regular feature and spread from there. Cryptic or Quick, I don't think I've ever managed to finish one; maybe Shoot magazine had one that I completed once but I wouldn't bet on it. Crossword oldies is far easier.
Have a harmonious and well-judged Wednesday, see you after 5.
