I appeared on a Radio Leeds programme last Wednesday evening.  Hosted by the bubbly and charming Shourjo Sarkar, it was a programme of music and conversation. The other guest was Sue Bellamy, a very funny woman from Halifax, who has a lingerie shop in Brighouse called Brief Encounter.  Between records Shourjo encouraged us to tell amusing stories about ourselves, and our lives, as well as to talk about things that were important to us.  Sue was an old hand, having been on the programme before, and was never anything other than relaxed throughout the two hours we were chatting.  

I had my mobile on silent, and received a few texts from friends.  Apparently they found out stuff about me they didn’t know;  that I’d been a prison minister for ten years and that I had once been a naked Mr. January in a charity calendar. There was also an opportunity for me to talk about my website and podcast.  My milkman heard me on the radio;  when it came to paying my bill last week, I could see him looking at me with new eyes.  I ‘m not sure whether I had gone up or down in his estimation.