But Sometimes It's Good To Dare Yourself

Even The 'today' Programme Involves A Balance Between The Worthy-but-heavy Items With The Worthless-but-entertainingly-light Ones.

There Is A Strong Link Between The Following Three Things: Exporting, Manufacturing And The Degree Of Saving By The Population. It's Complicated, But If The Population Doesn't Save, The Economy Will Not Tend To Export As Much, And If It Doesn't Export As Much, It Won't Manufacture Enough.

Mistakes Are Nothing To Be Ashamed Of.

Now I Can Broadcast To An Audience Of Several Million People On The 'today' Programme. I Can Talk About The Day's News. But On Radio, Believe It Or Not, We Have Notes And Scripts. And While We Might Ad Lib The Odd Wryly Amusing Asides, They Come At The Frequency Of A Suburban Bus. About One Every 90 Minutes.

It's Amazing, If You Know What You Want To Say, How Fast It Is To Write.