Unthinkable Wings

Cricket's always had its seamy side, but it's still rather unexpected (and heartening) to find a team thriving in one of the most notorious parts of LA, even if, sadly a proposed tour of the UK couldn't take place because of lack of funds.

American cricket is surely ripe for revival (yes, revival; after all, as the article mentions, the world's first international cricket match was between the US and Canada).

Also (sort of) cricket-related: the beginning of the end for R4 Longwave, as they can't get the valves any more. A sad moment indeed, and not merely because I shall miss being able to get TMS on my radio, rather than online; it will also be a blow to people who could pick up R4 in various parts of Europe.

And I do hope that they tell the submariners why Today's gone off the air...

I can't believe I haven't noticed this before, but BBC 7 has been transmitting The Man Born To Be King, DLS' cycle of plays on the life of Christ. Bizarrely, they seem to have transmitted some of the later ones already, but the first two plays are still available on Listen Again, as you'll see from the link. I've just started listening to "Kings in Judea".