You've been missed since 26 July, but looks like you had a great break.
Hope you saw what GOAT radio critic Gillian Reynolds said about you in the Radio Times, a couple of weeks ago. Praise indeed.
Break a leg.
PS Despite most guide books about Australia telling you to avoid Canberra, I went up on the roof of the Parliament building. There's a complex flagpole arrangement which looks like numerous steel coat hangers forged together. Allegedly when the sun shines in a certain, way, the flag pole 'disappears' and the Oz flag is left 'floating' in the air.
Looking forward to being able to listen, pause and rewind on Sounds; and being ad-free but hope they don’t dampen your humour. You won’t be able to go late to the news! No idea what this sub stack thingy is; thought I’d already subscribed. The app wanted my contacts so I uninstalled that.
Love the Hungarian parliament building: strongly influenced by the Palace of Westminster. It features in Miklós Bánffy's brilliant Transylvanian Trilogy. Outside what used to be the House of Magnates (now used for conferences), there are still little metal shelves where you could leave your cigar while you went into the chamber.
As with Westminster, there was a competition for the design, won by Imre Steindl. Thriftily, though, the Hungarian government used two of the unsuccessful designs for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Palace of Justice, both also on Kossuth Square. Waste not, want not!
Best wishes for the new radio show
Listening via Sounds to your first tx on 5Live, loving it
Best of luck for today Matt.
You've been missed since 26 July, but looks like you had a great break.
Hope you saw what GOAT radio critic Gillian Reynolds said about you in the Radio Times, a couple of weeks ago. Praise indeed.
Break a leg.
PS Despite most guide books about Australia telling you to avoid Canberra, I went up on the roof of the Parliament building. There's a complex flagpole arrangement which looks like numerous steel coat hangers forged together. Allegedly when the sun shines in a certain, way, the flag pole 'disappears' and the Oz flag is left 'floating' in the air.
Looking forward to being able to listen, pause and rewind on Sounds; and being ad-free but hope they don’t dampen your humour. You won’t be able to go late to the news! No idea what this sub stack thingy is; thought I’d already subscribed. The app wanted my contacts so I uninstalled that.
Looking forward to the new show. Out of interest, will you be Manchester or London based?
I was hoping for an earlier start time on Wednesdays - really enjoyed PMQ’s unpacked.
Good luck!
The Bangladeshi parliament is really cool. A very modern building, not had as much use as it should have...
Looking forward to the new show
Love the Hungarian parliament building: strongly influenced by the Palace of Westminster. It features in Miklós Bánffy's brilliant Transylvanian Trilogy. Outside what used to be the House of Magnates (now used for conferences), there are still little metal shelves where you could leave your cigar while you went into the chamber.
Sadly didn’t go inside when we were there. But could definitely see the Westminster likeness
As with Westminster, there was a competition for the design, won by Imre Steindl. Thriftily, though, the Hungarian government used two of the unsuccessful designs for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Palace of Justice, both also on Kossuth Square. Waste not, want not!