Returning to smoking and tap dancing (with Sir Bill Browder)
Off Air with Jane & Fi
The Times
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Are you a bell ringer? Were you the first person to ever use the word 'chillax'? How do you feel about plastic chairs? We want to hear from you! There's also chat about retirement, party etiquette and Lourdes.
Plus, financier, political activist and Putin’s "number one enemy” Bill Browder discusses recent events.
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| 0:00.0 | Because I guess that must be true all over the states. |
| 0:02.6 | I mean, it's a bit like... |
| 0:03.0 | What people are leaving parties now, sex? |
| 0:06.0 | Well, possibly. |
| 0:08.6 | But I think it probably happens here too. |
| 0:14.5 | This year, we've had a record 150,000 children homeless in England. |
| 0:20.3 | We'll be waking up homeless on Christmas morning, in |
| 0:23.2 | cramped rooms, with nowhere to play, and sometimes even having to share bathrooms with strangers. |
| 0:30.7 | This is not a home. |
| 0:33.2 | This is the heart-breaking reality, but it doesn't have to be this way your donation to shelter could help a family |
| 0:39.2 | find a safe place to call home |
| 0:40.9 | donate today at shelter.org |
| 0:43.2 | UK |
| 0:43.8 | Gina's a muncher |
| 0:45.8 | Jackson Nibla |
| 0:47.7 | Lucy likes to linger |
| 0:50.5 | but not for too long |
| 0:54.0 | and Harry thank you Harry Mikado to linger. But not for too long. |
| 0:55.0 | And Harry? |
| 0:57.3 | Thank you Harry. |
| 0:59.7 | Mikado is the crunchy biscuit stick dipped in smooth milk chocolate |
| 1:01.6 | and makes other biscuits look so ordinary. |
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