BBC Radio Essex Dave monk Show and Eat the Change

Posted by Andy Hamilton - 08/09/08 at 11:09:25 am

Just done a telephone interview with Radio Essex. I have been crapping myself all weekend about this, strangley so much that I was distracted when giving the talks at the organic food festival. I might bang on about these things, but they are still a big deal to me. Dave and I might have been on National Tv and radio but that seems like a distant dream by now.  Which means stuff like this is still nerve wracking.  It is strange to think that many people who do TV for a living never get over their nerves. Dan Cruikshank, is a good example when we met him just before going on live telly he was absolutely crapping himself, I felt a bit like I was calming him down. I must add though that he is one of the good blokes. So, the Radio Essex thing when ok said what I had to and plugged the book and this website, Dave Monk the DJ asked me if I wanted to be Tom Good (from the good life) I think I said that Felicity Kendal was alright not realising that would be the end of the interview. Odd I had relaxed by that point and it had just started to feel like a chat.

Anyway enough of that glitzy stuff. It is the start of Eat the change this week. Well should have been on Saturday but I am running it from 10am this morning until 10am Monday morning. The trouble being I forgot and I have a whole packet of Bacon in the fridge, as my girlfriend is vegetarian I am not going to let that go to waste. I am however not going to buy anything wrapped in plastic, only buy UK food and I am going to endevour to be Vegan. That is the Eat the Change Challenge. Hmm, I have tried at giving up plastic twice before, it is difficult although not impossible. The Vegan part might be the most difficult for me, ah we shall see. Off to Daves in a bit to forage for food this should make the whole eat the change a lot easier.

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1. I find it interesting how many people invoke the Good Life metaphor without realising that the sitcom was originally a satire that attacked the British middle classes, their snobbery and the idea that they could play at being proles simply by dabbling in the dirt. Of course, The Good Life mellowed and that’s what people remember, but the first episodes of the first series were very biting.

   Thanks for the mention in the blogroll, but I am vastly amused at being referred to as the king of self sufficiency. I’m very far from it. I’m just an old stone that has stopped rolling and grown itself a good tuft or three of moss.

   Comment by Stonehead — September 9, 2008 #

2. I remember the mellowed version and will have to hunt down the more biting episodes. Sounds much more my cup of tea.

   I am glad the royalty status amuses, still new to this sort of blog lark so I expect things will move around and change a bit.

   Comment by andyhamilton — September 11, 2008 #

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