History Hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12, you are listening to LBC 97.3.

It is, well, it's always a contender for my favourite hour of the week.

Nothing is guaranteed, because, of course, at 10 o'clock every morning,

I've got no idea what's going to come out of my mouth, let alone yours,

but this is at least

a regular fixture and it offers you an opportunity every single week to get answers to the questions

that have had you puzzled for the longest time if you're new to this the best parallel is

with the newspaper columns the regular features the q and a is the notes and queries where you

write into a newspaper and say why why do we do this, or

what is the origin of that? Where does that come from? If this happened, what would have,

dear, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, the who's, the whys, the wheres, the whews, the where's, the

wherefores, all of the interrogatory programmes you that you ask. 0845-60-60-1973 is the number to call whether you have a question or an answer.

The only rules are really these.

We can't do repetition.

There is a wonderful archive on the website, by the way.

I always forget to direct you towards that.

In many ways, if you're ringing in cold for the first time, it might be worth checking on the website if the question has already been

dealt with. But otherwise, it's a really good diversion. If you're looking for something

to do at work, while you can convince or con your colleagues into believing that you're actually

doing something constructive and professional, the LBC.co.uk website contains the mystery

our archive, which is almost as enjoyable as the live version. So do have a look at that. If it's been done already, in other words, we will probably notice and not do it again, although there's never any guarantee given the state of our collective short-term memories. And subsequently dullness, similarly dullness.

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