Hello and welcome back to Not Another One for our weekend episode, we covered the tumultuous international scene and Starama's reactions to it earlier in the week.

But on this one, we thought we'd do something rather different because there's so much going on,

which is think about how we're actually getting our information,

what we're finding nutritious in a new sense to digest as we try to analyse all these complicated things

that are going on internationally and domestically,

and to ask the question, can political journalism cope with the present moment?

And, you know, as part of that, we thought we'd also share with you some of the things that we're reading and consuming

that we're finding helpful and enjoyable.

And, you know, maybe that's a source of comfort as well as, you know, professional utility in these difficult times.

The way you said, do you know, then?

Yeah.

It wasn't very convincing.

No, it wasn't, was it?

I'm going to have to, I mean, I should be way more cheerful because I should also share with listeners the fact that Ian has brought his chocolate brownies this afternoon. So if I go a bit mumbly, it's actually because I've got my mouth full of a sneaky bit of brownie as someone else is talking. It's normally me opening cans of Coca-Cola and fizzy noises. But that's quite good. We did have a listener saying that was quite a good, ASMR, you opening a can. I think me mumbling over a chocolate brownie would be less so. And Steve, you're joining us from the Al-Garve again this week. And do you, are you enjoying the fruits of the Algarb while we're talking?

I'm enjoying the grapes from the Algarb and the form of a glass of wine.

But by the time some people will be listening to this, I will be back in London.

So, you know, this is not a particularly long break, but it's great to be recommended.

Well, good for you for getting away. I'm hoping you're going to deteriorate over the course of the podcast,

Steve. You're going to start slurring by the end. I'll probably become more sensible.

It's going to be like that wonderful pit of footage of, is it Oliver Reed, I think, who's on news night or something and gets drunk.

No, it's called After Dark. After Dark, that's right.

On Channel 4 where it just went on for hours and if you were drinking, by the end you were absolutely pissed and he was.

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