radio and books, mashed together into one post

I switched on the radio last night and radio 4 WAS NOT THERE. Since I have been given to understand that this is either the first sign of the apocalypse or an indication that we should all be putting sticky tape on the windows and/or hiding under tables with paper bags over our heads, this was rather worrying. (It turned out to be technical difficulties.) In other radio-related things, I have been (re)listening to Craddock and Co., an old children's radio four story being repeated on BBC7, in which a plucky, down-to-earth northern lass teams up with her posh uncle to fight crime. ...I think I have just realised why I am so fond of the Eighth Doctor and Lucie. (Different bits of the North, though.)

Also, November books!

( Vanderdeken's Children, The Fall, Reclaiming the F Word, Kraken, A Hat Full of Sky, The Edible Woman, Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins, The Golden Notebook )

ALSO IT IS COLD. (People who live in places with Proper Weather may point and laugh if they wish.)