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Off Air with Jane & Fi
The Times
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Happy Thursday! The adventures of Fi's specs continue - in fact, they're now an active member of the St Bride's congregation. After that, Jane and Fi chat chopper bikes, rebellious school photos, Bruno Brookes' real name, fox droppings, and zooming around Lisbon airport astride a Trunki.
Plus, Professor Baroness (Kathy) Willis on her National Trust Octavia Hill Lecture, covering how nature makes you healthier.
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| 0:00.0 | I feel bad and as you're about to realize, I'm feeling bad in the presence of greatness. |
| 0:16.0 | Oh no. Well, that's you, but also the Lord. |
| 0:23.2 | Because I left my glasses in a church. |
| 0:24.2 | Oh, I see, sorry. |
| 0:27.5 | Yeah, and I haven't been back to it. |
| 0:29.6 | And I said I was going to pick them up and then I didn't turn up. |
| 0:35.0 | And there's only so far that the Reverend Cannon, Dr. Alice Joyce's forgiveness, can stretch. She's a patient woman, but she's had a belly full. |
| 0:38.1 | So thank you very much indeed for your very handy reminder. |
| 0:42.7 | Alison is the rector at St Bride's Church and Fleet Street. |
| 0:46.1 | The glasses have been there since the charity Carol concert in December. |
| 0:50.7 | And Alison says, I'm pleased to report that fees reading specs continue to be marvellous company. |
| 0:55.4 | They're still nesting in our church vestry. |
| 0:57.4 | They're very well behaved and proving no trouble at all. |
| 0:59.8 | They joined in our Easter ceremonies with enthusiasm this year. |
| 1:03.0 | They were present at the dawn service on Easter Day at 6am, |
| 1:05.9 | where we kindle the Easter fire and bless and light the Paschal, the special Easter candle, followed by a traditional egg rolling down Fleet Street. Did you know any of that happened, Jane? I didn't know. So an egg roll? Is it with real eggs? I don't know. It's an accident waiting to happen, isn't it? Well, we should go next year. Later that day, they were spotted adorning the beak of the eagle on our medieval |
| 1:28.2 | lecerncy photographs attached and there they are. Just go and get them. So I am going to come |
| 1:36.0 | and get them this weekend. I'm going to go to St. Brides on Sunday because that won't be a busy day |
| 1:41.1 | for them. I'm going to pick them up then. Alison, I'm really sorry and thank you very much indeed for checking in and gently reminding me. They were my spare set because obviously I wouldn't have really been able to cope without them for a while, but they've been there for too long. Sorry. Yeah, I mean, everyone needs a spare set anyway, don't they? I mean, I'm surprised you've got through without the spare set. Well, these are my very focals and they have been a little bit challenging. I mean, there's only one tiny, tiny point that I can see in the studio. Of maximum satisfaction. Well, the studio's weird, isn't it? Yeah, it is a bit weird. Because we're not reading like you're reading a book. We're not reading like you're reading a normal computer is quite bonkers. Oh, it's very stressful in there. Challenging. |
| 2:19.9 | Very challenging. Because we're not reading like you're reading a book, we're not reading like you're reading a normal computer. It's quite bonkers. |
| 2:18.2 | Oh, it's very stressful in that. |
| 2:20.0 | Very challenging. |
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