30th April, 2018
Yes: it’s a Monday, it’s the start of the week …
And it’s the start of a week where I’m working every day of it.
Yes. That’s not necessarily the best arrangement.
I am, after all, going to need some time off!
Right at the moment … ?
Working stupid hours is a case of ‘needs must.’
Especially given the seasonal nature of the job: where I never know what my shifts are, until the week before …
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Whilst I’m here … ?
I’ve a confession to make.
Or something I feel I should remind you off: as it caught my ear, today.
By default, I always have BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on, at this time of the morning.
Its mix of reporting, analysis and opinion — and habit of giving interviewees a serious grilling* — is very comforting … and less distracting than the BBC news channel.
But occasionally, they have an odd moment.
A few years ago?
They were the people who first mentioned who this Youtube thing … now was home to what was then the world’s most watched video.
What’s they’ve managed to mention, today?
Is simply that one of the Jack the Ripper letters — one sent to Ealing Police station, in 1888 — is being auctioned off.
Personally?
I’ve a feeling the thing’s a hoax, as many of the Ripper letters must be.
But I’d be interested to hear how much it sells for.
I’d be even MORE interested … if someone actually found definitive proof of who the Ripper was …
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