The Ambridge Socialist
1st August
All the news of the class struggle in Borsetshire
Who is the ‘Celeb’ who will appear at the Ambridge fete?
Obviously we don’t know. Nigel Farage although he would go down well with certain Ambridge residents is otherwise engaged. Football is never discussed in the village so that rules out Gareth Who? Is it at last time for Tony Blair to make one of his rare appearances?
When is The Hundred coming to Ambridge?
The BBC is busy promoting the new cricket related game The Hundred on all available platforms except one very notable one: Ambridge. Why is Tracey not planning a trial game? Why is it not being discussed in The Bull?
Adam was very boring again this week but its stopped now
In recent times the Archers has got to some lengths to move villagers characters beyond one-dimensional caricatures. We can see in them good and bad as is often the case in the human condition, in a material context obviously. Even a good capitalist is not actually a good person. Adam however remains determinedly one-dimensional. A man of much bluster and it must be said boredom.
Five Days A week
Not quite the Beatles song but its progress..
The Ambridge Socialist Editor on the Grundys: ‘Shamelessly Partisan’(Times Literary Supplement)
The Times Literary Supplement has reviewed the new Academic Archers volume, Flapjacks and Feudalism.
Lynda Snell on why being a bit objectional is important in Ambridge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000xzmv
On Private Passions (Radio3 18th July) Carole Boyd talked about Lynda Snell and why having someone with a degree of grit and contrariness in Ambridge is important. The Ambridge Socialist still doesn’t think she got it right on The Bull though.
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