A meal with the author's friends Mahmoud and Socratis takes a bizarre conversational turn. 
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STUDIO GUEST :: RICHARD CURTIS
Screenwriter and director Richard Curtis joins Sian and Richard to talk about his latest projects and the 25th anniversary of Comic Relief. -
POETRY :: MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG
Murray performs poetry specially written for today’s programme from the Radio Theatre.
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SOUND SCULPTURE :: HONG KONG STAR FERRY BELL
Listener Sylvia Hopwood describes the sound of the Star Ferry bell in Hong Kong. -
TRANSFORMING HOMES AND LIVES :: ANNIE HUTCHINSON
Annie arrived in the UK 10 years ago with just £62 to her name and is now turning neglected houses into comfortable homes for children and their families.
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TRAVEL :: MEREDITH HOOPER
John McCarthy is joined by Meredith Hooper to talk about The Antarctic and her drama about Captain Scott and his wife, Kathleen. ‘Kathleen and Con’, is Radio 4’s Afternoon Play on Tuesday 5th February.
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INHERITANCE TRACKS :: BEN ELTON
Ben Elton chooses Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind? performed by Marlene Dietrich and We are the Champions by Queen.
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DOUBLE DECKER :: EDWARD ADOO
Edward Adoo’s love of London buses led him to a career as a DJ. He joins Sian and Richard to talk about his journey from buses to broadcasting.
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POEM :: UNIVERSAL LAW FOR THE WEB
Universal Law for the Web by Murray Lachlan Young
I met a man who told me life was perfect
In a lift upon the 37th floor
By the time we were getting near the basement
He’d expounded on a universal law
Saying everything that happens has a reason
Every meeting every greeting every call
For the universe dispenses with perfection
All the things that should be coming to us all
He said everything is driven by vibration
The attraction to the action of ones choice
One receives the very thing that one is calling
When vibrating with a special inner voice
As I exited the lift I heard him choking
I consoled him saying: it was meant to be
And reminded him the universe was perfect
And I’d had a dodgy curry for my tea
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POEM :: COMETH THE SPRING
Cometh the Spring by Murray Lachlan Young
Deep chill still ride the winter breeze
Long past the thought of Christmas box
Long past the battle of the trees
Twixed solstice night and equinoxUpon the heels of old St bride
In sight of winter aconite
We mark the turning of the tide
Come to the feast of candle lightThe hornbeam shifts in contemplation
Reaching for the distant sound
The oak remains in meditation
Birch tree shifts in frozen groundNow all the days of marked cold
make points that line the joyful way
As names struck from the winter role
That lead us to the month of MayYet what do wise Grandmothers say?
That now is now and then was then
And life must not be wished away
For neither will be seen againSee snowdrops pierce the woodland floor
Now earth is turned in cosmic plan
And see the turning push the door
So prune your apples while you canAnd hear the gentle whisper sing
As wildest bell begin to ring
Throw open potting shedsonce more
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STUDIO GUESTS :: ANNIE, ED, RICHARD, RICHARD, MURRAY, SIAN, MEREDITH AND JOHN
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BBC Radio 4Sat 2 Feb 2013 09:00 BBC Radio 4
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