I used Jewel in the crown as being the best thing on BBC not the most
expensive
P
On 12/09/2018 13:01, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> Far from being a jewel in any crown the channel is one of the poorest
> funded of BBC radio.
> As for your poem, it wasn't even the beginnings of one.
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, 12:11 pm Patrick McManus, <
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>
>> well said David I especially appreciated 'alleged poem'
>>
>> must not criticise radio 3 jewel in the crown of our radio service
>>
>>
>> On 12/09/2018 11:35, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>>> Rubbish Patrick. Both as an opinion and an alleged poem. If any channel
>>> deserves the title, it would be Radio 4.
>>> There has been downward pressure on the channel recently, particularly in
>>> the surrender of time to the ultimate mental carpet slippers: jazz.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, 11:12 am Patrick McManus, <
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>>>
>>>> Hi Tim I appreciate what you are saying-I love radio 3 also mainly for
>>>> lack of words one can think!!
>>>>
>>>> it is much better world music wise these days and even heavens Jazz!
>>>> some of the talks (for me !!!!) could be on Radio 4
>>>>
>>>> cheers old P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/09/2018 10:07, Tim Allen wrote:
>>>>> Rare for me to take issue with one of yours Patrick, but I do take
>> issue
>>>> with this one, even though I do get it's tongue-in-cheek. Music is
>> always
>>>> political in some way and I do not think of R3 as 'soothing tunes',
>> we're
>>>> not talking Classical FM or whatever it's called. Radio 3 puts out an
>>>> amazing variety of classical and so-called 'art-music', very much of it
>>>> modern and far from soothing - catch it at the right time of day.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12 Sep 2018, at 09:13, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> *R3*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Radio 3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the opiate
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> middle classes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /pmcmanus/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /s334/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Radio 3UK classic music/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> / safe non political/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /soothing tunes/
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