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Jewels that live in crowns have a tendency to be awfully expensive Patrick On Thu, 13 Sep 2018, 11:17 am Patrick McManus, < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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, < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> 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, < > >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> 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/ > >> ######################################################################## > >>>>> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >>>>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > >>>> > ######################################################################## > >>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >>>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > >>>> > >>> > ######################################################################## > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > >> > >> ######################################################################## > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > >> > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1