The Ambridge Socialist
17th May
Locked Down Ambridge looms but key Archives issues still wanted
The BBC’s reports from Ambridge resume on Bank Holiday Monday with various ruminations on life in locked down Ambridge. It’ll be interesting of course in a new normal format
However that will account for only four broadcasts a week leaving Friday and Sunday Archers free. The Ambridge Socialist ran a poll to see what Archive editions that the BBC haven’t broadcast were in demand.
For some reason the one featuring Sid and Jolene in the shower was not much in demand. By contrast there was significant interest in hearing David push Nigel off the roof of Lower Loxley again and some interest in the occasion when the Archers visited Glastonbury.
Either way there is surely room for new and old Archers at the moment.
God in Ambridge
Spurred by an article in the Radio Times by the Bishop of Ripon, Helen-Ann Hartley demanding the Archers return so it could be revealed if Shula is now a priest, the Ambridge Socialist asked on Archerless Friday if there was that much interest in Saint Shula futures
We do know that Shula is not a Saint of course and is unlikely to qualify even after her demise but it is one of the politer words used to describe her.
The Ambridge Socialist doesn’t really do God, although there was for a period a sister publication The Ambridge Secularist, so we were interested that the issue sparked off quite a few social media comments about how the Archers handles religion.
The Ambridge Socialist of course simply seeks out the class struggle but there are other ways of understanding what happens in Ambridge. Here is a sample tweet:
Brine never mentioned to have brought Rhuari to mass over the Easter holidays nor at Christmas. No Catholic Church ever mentioned. Joe was Chapel yet funeral was at St Stephen’s. Usha’s beliefs really skirted over reduced to Diwali #TheArchers
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