"...it is a cheap date who never lets you down... ...doesn't talk back and most importantly never comments on my pictures."

As an artist who works long and irregular hours in the studio I have found Radio 4 to be a beacon of light. It reminds me that there is still a world out there and that there are people living in it, doing normal things that don't involve being in a messy room with only my own mad thoughts and imagination for company. Radio 4 works as a companion who doesn't demand from you, doesn't want telling they are still funny, attractive or insightful. Radio 4 doesn't want taking to the theatre, to the cinema, doesn't moan that we haven't eaten out in months or ask "Where is our relationship going?" Radio 4 doesn't want to move house, buy a new car or plan a holiday in Italy this summer. Radio 4 has never complained about redecorating the front room, extending the kitchen, insulating the loft or the state of the garden. Never has Radio 4 been jealous of my liaisons with other stations, my promiscuity with younger stations is tolerated in the safe knowledge that I will be back once I have got bored with their shallowness. In short, I think I like Radio 4 because it is a cheap date who never lets you down, never leaves your side, keeps quiet when turned off, doesn't talk back and most importantly never comments on my pictures.