Loomis:
"Saveloy, don't tell me *you* don't like Radio 4?!"
Oh, blimey, I like lots of Radio 4, I listen to it a fair old bit. There's plenty I don't like about it, of course, but on the whole I reckon it's A Good Thing.
I don't know if this is healthy or not, but I tend to see R4 as a benign authority. As long as it is there then I can - foolishly - believe that there are civilised, sane people *sort of* in control of the world outside. I mean, I understand that Charlotte Green and Linda Snell don't actually have any say in the way the world is run, but it feels like they do.
It's like Ganesh's musings on Big Brother - the madness is less terrifying when you know there is someone sane, perceptive and reliable in between it and yourself. Reflective shields and Gorgons and all that. |
